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as in certificate
a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something
have your documents ready as you approach the border
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as in to prove
to show the existence or truth of by evidence
he tried in vain to document a link between ancient civilizations and extraterrestrials
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Recent Examples of document
Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The legislation—House Bill 217 and Senate Bill 265—called for the airport authority to change signage and official documents to reflect the new name.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Kerri documented the night on Facebook Live.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Court documents allege that Thompson reversed the truck several times before accelerating rapidly toward Coast Guard personnel who feared the vehicle could strike them or contain explosives.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The legislation—House Bill 217 and Senate Bill 265—called for the airport authority to change signage and official documents to reflect the new name.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
After the Los Angeles premiere, there are events for All’s Fair in Paris, London and New York — each one documented exhaustively on social media, with Taylor and company all hamming it up in a parade of over-the-top outfits.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Kerri documented the night on Facebook Live.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for document
Noun
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GCCs, in their earliest form, were remote offices handling finance, procurement and IT services for global firms seeking to cut operational costs.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Maybe this is another form of catastrophizing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Fledgling entrepreneurs fell over each other to position themselves as the vendors of the newest, hottest, most effective, most trustworthy certificates of removed CO2.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Farzam has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from California State University, Northridge, and a certificate and associate degree in emergency medical technology/paramedic from Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The middle class, desperate to prove this distinction too, would spend an outsized portion of their income on glimmering dresses and other purchases meant to be seen by others.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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So does a scene in which a nonverbal, neurodivergent member of the community named Ghazal (Bartley Booz) eats a piece of paper that’s probably Peter’s suicide note.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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After the couple handed Clarkson a paper with their vows and requested her to read it, the three-time Grammy Award winner joked that she wasn’t officially allowed to officiate.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The countries that have a Baltic coastline today, excluding Russia, could agree to a new treaty requiring ships to meet certain standards of insurance and certification to be allowed to navigate the Baltic—for example, on grounds of ecological protection.—
Jack Watling,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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During the investigation, the AG’s office confirmed the nurses who were forced to make these training repayments only received the typical on-the-job training and did not gain a portable credential or standalone certification.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The film is set in 1935 Tartu and at the University of Tartu, where, a year earlier, Professor Lazar Gulkowitsch, exiled from Germany, had established a chair of Judaic Studies within the Faculty of Philosophy.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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While proponents of wearable technology in prisons and jails have described it as potentially lifesaving, privacy rights groups and even law enforcement officials say the devices can raise ethical and legal concerns and urge agencies to establish strict rules on data use, retention and consent.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Published in Advanced Functional Materials, the work demonstrates that the coatings are functional, robust, and suited to long-term outdoor deployment.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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The money both clubs have spent brings a demand and an expectation for trophy successes, but, as Liverpool demonstrated last season, there is a strength to be drawn from stability.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Document.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/document. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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