cataloging 1 of 2

variants or cataloguing
present participle of catalog
as in listing
to put (someone or something) on a list cataloged the latest additions to the collection

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cataloging

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noun

variants or cataloguing

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Recent Examples of cataloging
Verb
Meanwhile, Stonehage Fleming, based in the United Kingdom, has a full-scale art management service that includes cataloging and insurance, as well as oversight of purchases and sales. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025 In the late eighteen-nineties, when the New Croton Aqueduct was just beginning to pipe water into the Bronx from Westchester, James Reuel Smith, a wealthy classicist with a passion for cataloguing, used a bicycle to survey the springs and wells of Manhattan and the Bronx. Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 Stephanie Schmeling, head of cataloging and archives at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which the 9/11 Media Preservation Group shares their work with, has said there is more unseen media of the event out in the world. Solcyré Burga, Time, 11 Sep. 2025 There's less cataloging and more sense-making. Catherine Iger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
Many liken taxonomy to cataloging an already burning library. Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025 Honored at the Zurich Summit with this year’s Game Changer Award, Quinn sat down with CAA’s Roeg Sutherland (a former Game Changer honoree) to trace an unlikely path from cataloging reels at Sam Goldwyn to building one of the premium brands in global cinema. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025 The study is not tracking each individual death from smoke, tracing the person’s smoke exposure and then cataloging health effects. Evan Bush, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025 Instead of simply cataloging events, these systems analyze data access patterns, identify anomalies in behavior and flag emerging risks that could lead to exposure. Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 For the past two years, ILWU Local 5, the union representing Powell’s booksellers, has been cataloguing instances of employee censorship at the company in this database. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025 Researchers have proposed developing regional databases cataloging the mechanical characteristics of competition surfaces for sports such as tennis. Michael Hales, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025 Library cataloging and checkout systems also have been restored, though as of Thursday, public internet terminals were still offline. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025 First, Baum and his colleagues took a close look at hundreds of teeth, and picked the most pristine, cataloging their starting state with high resolution photographs taken under a microscope. Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cataloging
Verb
  • By listing the numbers in all these vectors as one set of coordinates, Galashin was able to define a point in a high-dimensional space.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
  • On desktop, scroll down to the bottom of the album listing and find more releases of the same album at the bottom right.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On Friday, the watch was upgraded to a warning, which is a more severe classification.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And, in terms of a weight classification sport, such as wrestling, weigh-ins may be necessary for a child's safety.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mother Nature may not be quite ready for fall just yet, as highs remain in the 80s entering the first days of October, above average temperatures for this time of year.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Madrid Content City has already become one of the largest audiovisual hubs in Europe and is now entering phase IV of its expansion, expected to be completed by 2026.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The company has other larger businesses, like rating bonds, but its indexing business is particularly lucrative and profitable.
    Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • With the stock market increasingly driven by passive investing and indexing, and dominated by a handful of mega-tech stocks, investors seeking diversification will need to start turning to the rapidly expanding private markets, Rowan told CNBC.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors say the killings were deliberate and carried out within minutes of Kassandra recording videos of her children playing.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Closer Emilio Pagán is a free agent after recording 32 saves for the Reds this year.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Experts suggest that recent high-profile incidents of political violence often defy simple left-versus-right categorization.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The skull’s age and categorization as an early Denisovan ancestor would mean the group originated much earlier than thought.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The high court agreed to take up the case in April, later scheduling it as the first case to be heard in the 2025-26 term.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
  • To better the chances of experiencing unexplained phenomena there, 10Best recommends attending a public investigation with a small group or scheduling a private exploration.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Such codification is also a key driver of value for buyers looking to acquire attractive companies.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Cataloging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataloging. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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