How to Use document in a Sentence

document

1 of 2 noun
  • I lost the document when the hard drive crashed.
  • It is important to keep all of your financial documents in a safe place.
  • An important classified document has been leaked to the media.
  • Court documents about the case were not available in online court records.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • By denying the petition as moot and ending the case, the court found that the band turned over all the documents to Mars and there is nothing more to do.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Aguirre had been paid $50 for his role in the robbery, according to court documents.
    Serena Lin, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2023
  • The document was redacted, but did say the victim was a neighbor under 16 years old at the time of the incident.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2024
  • There is no request for spousal support, the documents state, as the men signed a post-nuptial agreement on May 3 that waived it.
    Randi Richardson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • There was a struggle over the handgun, police said in the charging documents.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Four of them fired at least 15 shots, according to court documents.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The same batch of documents also confirms the Galaxy Z Fold 6 will also ship with the 25W charger.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • But at the same time, Democrat electors cast their three votes for Kennedy and sent their own documents to Congress.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • There is no such motion on that list of documents, and there have been no reputable reports that one has been filed.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The duo’s write-up of their findings reveals a broad array of perspectives among those who put their name to the document.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Once all the players were in the locker room, the teammate repeatedly told Lake to fight him, documents state.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Planning documents from last year show those spaces were the same ones that the team staff and players were expected to use on other days of the week.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Police patrolled outside the home but left around 3 a.m. when there was a shift change, the sentencing document notes.
    Emma Tucker, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Court documents state Winward had a conflict with the date, and will be out of town on a family vacation on Sept. 21.
    Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Goltz owned at least one firearm and mentioned Texas is an open carry state, according to court documents.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The department has until Sep. 11 to provide the documents to the committees.
    Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Chilean officials said the release of the documents came in response to their petition ahead of the 50th anniversary.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Experts who reviewed the documents for The Post said work has probably been delayed.
    Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Wayne County was a defendant in the case, but not part of the settlement, according to court documents.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Young people take to a connection center then could be picked up by a parent or guardian, the police document said.
    Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
  • The documents did not list any attorney who might comment on his behalf.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Cher engineered the abduction of her own son from a N.Y. hotel, court documents say.
    Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The court documents do not detail if the actual stabbing was recorded.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The newly unsealed charging documents offer ample new details on the events that led to Boosie’s arrest in May.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 16 June 2023
  • Buckley was being held on a bail of $1.6 million, according to a court document reviewed by CBS News.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • According to local law, the governments must post the documents to the county’s website.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
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document

2 of 2 verb
  • Can you document the claims you're making?
  • The charges are well documented.
  • Her study was the first to document this type of behavior in gorillas.
  • He wrote a book documenting their struggle.
  • Are there plans to document the next two phases of the tour?
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 June 2023
  • The bullets used in the murder and those belonging to the gun were a match, the court documents states.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The cemetery’s presence on the grounds of the zoo is well documented.
    al, 2 Aug. 2023
  • On one hand, relic hunters are passionate about the past, and some document it with care.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Sea lampreys were first documented in the Great Lakes in 1835 in Lake Ontario.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • La Maison may document a fictional brand, but the premise surely rings close to the truth.
    Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 20 July 2023
  • That's well documented and available for all to Google.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • See more This isn't her first time documenting her plunges on TikTok.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 12 June 2023
  • The first step is to document the occurrences of this behavior.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The singer went on a trip to Puerto Rico and documented her little nude swim on Instagram.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 24 July 2023
  • Clarke, a journalist, had been documenting her partner’s health issues in the months leading up to his death.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In a second photo from the same post, Holmes documented the inking process by showing the tattoo artist with her tools pressed firmly against his arm.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Her son and his wife discover the artist’s work in an attic and begin archiving and documenting her life.
    Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023
  • These discussions should be documented in a follow-up email, the guidance said.
    Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The system tracks vessels that carry a box that sends out radio signals, and the data has been used in the past to document overfishing and forced labor on vessels.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Last year, the ALA documented 4,240 works in schools and public libraries targeted.
    USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Since then, Munn has documented her early days of motherhood and shared some of Malcolm's cutest moments.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Their results are documented in a recent issue of Laser Surgeries in Medicine.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Dec. 2023
  • John Light, a member of the club for the last half-century, has been documenting that undulating terrain through his camera lens for more than a decade.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • Moss dedicates much of their time to photographing events and documenting the moments that matter most for their high school.
    Sandeep Brijesh Pillai, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
  • Under the username Zero Waste Home—also the title of her book—she’s been documenting her family’s trash jar since at least 2014.
    WIRED, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The post-pandemic drivers for this are well documented.
    Becky Center, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Reports of people hearing calls for help were documented in places like Florida, Iowa and Texas.
    Stephen Smith, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The report also found that procedures were not in place to make sure expenses were documented to show their purpose and make sure they were allowed.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
  • For the month of June, The Arizona Republic is documenting homicides in the early stages of investigation.
    The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2023
  • The next season documented their engagement in June 2018.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024

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