1
: the act, process, or an instance of making or giving a mark
2
a
: a mark made
b
: arrangement, pattern, or disposition of marks
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Barcelona used a mix of zonal and man-marking but struggled when teams exploited their comparalative lack of height and physicality by using players in motion.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Across many borders, immigration officers are trained to scrutinize passports for unauthorized alterations or markings.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
The whales are identified by unique natural markings and catalogued in a collection the center maintains of more than 2 million photos dating back to 1935.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Other frogs are darker chocolate brown with less distinct markings.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Across many borders, immigration officers are trained to scrutinize passports for unauthorized alterations or markings.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
The whales are identified by unique natural markings and catalogued in a collection the center maintains of more than 2 million photos dating back to 1935.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Other frogs are darker chocolate brown with less distinct markings.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Marking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marking. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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marking
noun
mark·ing
ˈmär-kiŋ 
1
: the act, process, or an instance of making or giving a mark
the teacher's marking was considered to be fair
2
: a mark made
3
: an arrangement or pattern of marks (as on the coat of an animal)
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