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When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

May 2025

April 2025

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Media Planning Tools \| Nielsenwww.nielsen.com/solutions/media-planning/	9
Data Center \| Nielsenwww.nielsen.com/data-center/	9
Gracenote ID - Powering Content Discoverability and Distribution - Nielsenwww.nielsen.com/data-center/gracenote-id/	6
Insights \| Nielsenwww.nielsen.com/insights/	5
Page not found \| Nielsenwww.nielsen.com/invented-url-for-404-page	5
About \| Nielsenwww.nielsen.com/about-us/	5
Privacy Principles \| Nielsenwww.nielsen.com/legal/privacy-principles/	5
Audiences Archives \| Nielsenwww.nielsen.com/insights/topic/audiences/	5

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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