Thesaurus results for MARKER

marker

noun

ˈmär-kər

Definition of marker

as in label

a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it the markers on the rock and mineral specimens were old and faded

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as in feature

something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind the discovery of a marker for the virus has greatly improved the accuracy of diagnosis

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Recent Examples of marker The initiative would add a very public marker to a legacy that has long extended well beyond Parton’s music, from the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library to the hundreds of millions of free books distributed to children worldwide. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026 Four-month-old Maytie Raker was buried in 1906 without a grave marker. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Behaviorally, some of these markers could also mask psychopathic tendencies. — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Studies have proven that regularly consuming whole grains has a positive effect on health, reducing certain markers that indicate chronic inflammation. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for marker

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Noun

Fashion editors are obsessed with the label’s ethereal, high-quality picks that, TBH, rival high-end brands.

— Eva Thomas, InStyle, 30 Aug. 2026
When Tupac Shakur died in 1996, investigators at the time pointed to an East Coast-West Coast record label rivalry as precipitating his violent end.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of label

Noun

Japan has selected Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s luminously cerebral French-language feature All of a Sudden as its submission for the best international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest feature, All Of A Sudden, has been selected as Japan’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of feature

Noun

According to the team, each of those characteristics plays out similarly in real fish of various sizes across different ecological niches.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
And most simulants of lunar material are faithful in their geological characteristics, to simulate the lunar surface and its dust, rather than the precise chemistry within.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of characteristic

Noun

The centre-back hopes signing for Birmingham will bring out latent leadership qualities.

— Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
None of the lead articles compare firms that adopted these AI processes with otherwise similar firms that did not, on realized strategy quality or long-run performance.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of quality

Noun

This suggests an inherent bias from the LLM's Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) training, where human input inadvertently promotes traits like curiosity.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Craig was extremely productive at Harvard and has NFL-caliber traits with his size, mobility and throw power.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of trait

Noun

Collectively, the launches position sustainability as one performance attribute among several—including comfort, opacity, cooling and durability—rather than as a standalone proposition.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
And Cullen is the reason Optimus Prime retained the attributes fans love so much about that character.

— Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of attribute

Noun

Since OpenAI published its blog post, the website changed the article’s attribution to one of the real authors, Kate Hooper, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Much of the content generated promoted an organization called the International Burke Institute (IBI), the website of which features articles copied from real academic writing, sometimes with false attribution.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of attribution

Noun

The same poll found that approval of the war on Iran, which is nearing its six-month mark, fell to its lowest level since the conflict's early days.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
The sight of Matt Crooks and Nobel Mendy teaming up on Bruno Fernandes just after the half-hour mark epitomised their hunger and desire.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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