cataloging 1 of 2

variants or cataloguing

cataloging

2 of 2

verb

variants or cataloguing
present participle of catalog

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cataloging
Noun
The winning projects range from initiatives involving several museums to collaborations with communities of origin to the individual cataloging of archives and databases. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Large organizations can spend enormous amounts of energy cataloging problems. — Lou Maiuri, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Beyond cataloging, a foray is a remarkably different way to explore nature. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2026 In addition to having been kept in impeccable shape over the years, this example had just 958 miles on its odometer at the time of cataloging. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026 The college offers the only graduate degree in musical instruments in North America and supports research into areas such as conservation and cataloging. — Samantha Lande, Midwest Living, 30 July 2026 Heitkamp, who started his career cataloging fossils at Bonhams auction house in Los Angeles before founding Theropoda Expeditions in 2012, excavated the Licking site over the course of three field seasons, from 2021 to 2023. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 July 2026 The early copy remained tucked away in Britain’s National Archives until a volunteer cataloging records from the American Revolutionary War came across it in May among the papers of Royal Navy captains. — Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 3 July 2026 Per ARTnews, Spain’s Court of Auditors has been critical of the Reina Sofía’s cataloguing methods for years, and government officials are now asking for a physical accounting of the over 25,000 artworks in the museum; as well as comprehensive financial valuations. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 2026
Verb
Systems are also coming from Acer, Lenovo, and Gigabyte, according to Nvidia, which is cataloging the machines on its own preorder page. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026 Known for his exacting, couture-like approach, and an experimental zeal rare among designers at Europe’s largest luxury brands, the Frenchman got his start in fashion by filing, photocopying and cataloguing fabrics at Jean Paul Gaultier. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026 Cai’s grandfather was a heritage conservation worker in Wudang, a role focused on preserving and cataloging cultural relics. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 For The Times) One of the morning panelists, UC Davis associate professor Alessandro Ossola, recounted the process of cataloging more than 200 types of trees on public lands in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Investigators searching the case turn up human remains, execution tapes, Polaroids and film canisters cataloging years of violence. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Prosecuting just one case can mean accessing, reviewing, cataloging and storing thousands of digital files. — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 Morris’s book focuses only on the representation of real animals; cataloguing mythic and hybrid creatures would take another volume entirely. — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 There was no indexing and cataloging in a professional archival way throughout this vault process. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cataloging
Noun
  • Many Uber and Lyft drivers have long protested their classification as gig workers and demanded employee benefits such as overtime, sick pay and benefits.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Fraud detection, reconciliation, transaction classification, payment routing and liquidity forecasting each require different forms of analysis.
    — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Corporate records show a Cambodian firm by that name, listing both Chen Zhi and Chen Sokly as chairmen.
    — Isabel Vincent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Supreme Court application remained pending Friday, with the docket listing the family’s reply but no ruling.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • How these capital gains tax strategies work Wealthy investors already use direct indexing strategies on platforms including Schwab to pair up stock gains and losses in a tax efficient way.
    — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Indexing Problems The second phase of our analysis looked at indexing health.
    — Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The research fellow also argued that the additional Russian diesel entering global markets is not sufficient to produce a noticeable reduction in consumer fuel prices in the short term.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Upon entering the school building, Krantz said, officers confirmed that the suspect was dead and found the four other people who died from their injuries, and their families have been notified.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • There are your classic influencers, new-wave commentators, and sales-driving Substackers plus a plethora of people who resist—and bristle at—categorization.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Six years later, over 2,000 colleges and universities are still test-optional – although the categorization may be deceiving, as some scholarships may depend on SAT scores.
    — Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • After recording a safety, K-State accepted the football and marched 41 yards in eight plays, but had to settle for a 28-yard field goal by Rodriguez.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In Meta’s case, creepy video-recording incidents and privacy-light tampering have caused severe headaches for the company.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Unlike the majority of the Mishnah—the codification of the Jewish Oral Law—Pirkei Avot has very little Halakhic content and instead emphasizes general ethical matters conveyed through aphorisms attributed to ancient rabbinic sages.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • The codification of what became soccer Public school graduates took their versions of the game with them to the next level.
    — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The change would allow commissioners to fill those commission vacancies by scheduling a special election to sync up with an existing local election.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Sometimes recording your screen is faster than writing another lengthy message or scheduling a meeting.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Cataloging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataloging. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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