registry

noun reg·is·try \ ˈre-jə-strē \

|Updated on: 19 Aug 2018

Examples: registry in a Sentence

Definition of registry

plural registries

1 : registration, enrollment

2 : the nationality of a ship according to its entry in a register : flag

3 : a place of registration

4 a : an official record book

b : an entry in a registry

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Examples of registry in a Sentence

the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
got a copy of the couple's bridal registry from the store's computer and scanned it for items we could afford

Recent Examples of registry from the Web

After the article was published, P.R. agencies in London were subjected to heavy scrutiny, and legislators in Parliament started a campaign to create a registry of lobbyists, similar to one that exists in the United States.

— ed caesar, The New Yorker, "The Reputation-Laundering Firm That Ruined Its Own Reputation," 25 May 2018
More than 4,000 for sure — there has been a registry of 4,200 native varieties of potato alone between Peru and Bolivia.

— noelle carter, latimes.com, "A world renowned chef on cooking what may be Peru's most famous food — and it's probably in your kitchen," 24 May 2018
In Belgium, civil servants who access data on the registry have their own ID numbers recorded.

— The Economist, "Britain’s Windrush mess revives support for ID cards," 3 May 2018
The ship, which has several different names according to shipping registries, last registered its position in China’s Yellow Sea.

— ian talley, WSJ, "U.S. Calls Out China, Russia on North Korea Energy Caps, Urges U.N. Action," 12 July 2018
The foundation, which has established a research registry to compile data and biosamples on PN patients, sets the average age of those with the disease at 63, though onset often goes unnoticed.

— lynn peterson mobley, Washington Post, "My athletic husband stumbled. He was tired. He had a disease we’d never heard of.," 8 July 2018
Westwood has her own plaid trademarked in the official Scottish registry, as does Burberry—and high-drama runway shows.

— steff yotka, Vogue, "Riccardo Tisci Brings Vivienne Westwood to Burberry for a Collaboration," 6 July 2018
The cancer registry, in a May 29 report, found that most of the cases came from two ZIP codes, 28115 and 28117.

— bruce henderson, charlotteobserver, "These Charlotte-area ZIP codes have unusually high cancer rates," 21 June 2018
In the case of baby Angela, officers seized on the little information available to search newborn registries at every nearby hospital.

— christine armario, Fox News, "Kids fleeing Venezuela left hungry, sick and even abandoned," 13 July 2018

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