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  • noun An instance of targeting.
  • verb US Present participle of target.

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Examples

  • We are working what you described as the targeting process to think our way through all of the possibilities, as well as to determine what the restricted lists might be associated to this so that we stay within the guidelines that our country operates within.

    CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2003 2003

  • It's unlikely that Israel will give such formal -- such a formal -- agreement but Israel has been indicating to the United States it will stop all what it calls the targeting of ticking bombs, those Palestinians are on their way to carry out attacks, and would agree to give that kind of unwritten commitment to the United States.

    CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2003 2003

  • It also demanded that Israel stop what it called targeting of Palestinian civilians and systematic destruction of their cultural heritage, halt all military operations across Palestinian land and lift its blockade of Gaza.

    Breaking News - The Post Chronicle 2010

  • On multiple charges of killing civilians, the detainees allege they were retaliating for what they called targeting of civilians by the United States and its ally Israel in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.

    Raw Story 2009

  • There are only two words more often abused than those two, and they are "targeting" (as in "targeting customers") and "branding" (as in "branding yourself").

    Lee Schneider: The Problem with Living Pure Lee Schneider 2010

  • There are only two words more often abused than those two, and they are "targeting" (as in "targeting customers") and "branding" (as in "branding yourself").

    Lee Schneider: The Problem with Living Pure Lee Schneider 2010

  • Google attracts more attention than other companies but this kind of targeting is already happening (for example advertising. com).

    Beware of Google’s New Personalized Ad System 2009

  • On a time line of the past twenty years, this is marvelous improvement in targeting; taken on a century scale, this is the end of warfare as known in the past, and frankly praise the lord.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Changing Conflict in Pakistan, and Targeted Killing 2010

  • I will limit myself to noting that the legal answer is, in my view, yes — but how you get to yes differs depending upon whether you think this particular targeting is in an armed conflict in a strict legal sense, or whether you think it is an act of legitimate self-defense, as the Legal Adviser referenced in his ASIL speech.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Opinio Juris Discussions of Targeting of US Citizen 2010

  • So whilst targeting is good, they have to make sure that this targeting actually works.

    Caution is needed with the switch from universal to means tested benifits… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009

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