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as in described
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
the book charts the years between the two World Wars
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as in planned
to work out the details of (something) in advance
charted the entire campaign for governor before she even agreed to run
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Recent Examples of charted
Gorman’s songs have charted on Billboard, and his YouTube account has more than 380 million streams.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Amid all the back-and-forth, Illinois charted its own course on vaccines, breaking with the federal government.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
In Society of the Snow, a plane charted by an Uruguayan rugby team crashes deep in the heart of the Andes mountains.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
All 12 songs also charted on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
As chief executive, Cook charted his own path.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Like Chalamet, Urban Jürgensen has charted its own course.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
Potter's life and death is charted in HBO's four-part documentary, The Dark Wizard.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
The flyby also charted the astronauts' journey home, as lunar gravity slingshotted their Orion capsule back toward Earth.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Amid all the back-and-forth, Illinois charted its own course on vaccines, breaking with the federal government.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
In Society of the Snow, a plane charted by an Uruguayan rugby team crashes deep in the heart of the Andes mountains.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
All 12 songs also charted on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
As chief executive, Cook charted his own path.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Like Chalamet, Urban Jürgensen has charted its own course.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
Potter's life and death is charted in HBO's four-part documentary, The Dark Wizard.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
The flyby also charted the astronauts' journey home, as lunar gravity slingshotted their Orion capsule back toward Earth.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charted
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By the time officers arrived, the situation had escalated into what officials described as an active shooter incident, with the suspect walking down the middle of Memorial Drive and firing in an erratic manner as traffic came to a halt.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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Taylor denied medical care, food during detention For the first time, Taylor described conditions inside the Stewart Detention Center in his own words.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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On March 15th, while Hitler spoke from a palace balcony to hundreds of thousands of ecstatic Austrians, Heidi’s father planned escapes for his family.—
Nicholas Dawidoff,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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That told me that the CTA planned — or at least hoped — to eventually extend the line from Midway to Ford City.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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As this page has chronicled, everything from airline turf wars and safety concerns to a sorry on-time performance went into that determination.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Jury Duty’s first installment chronicled the inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Originally designed as a response to the Black Lives Matter protests and a call to keep armed police officers out of the Metro system, the agency deployed roughly three hundred ambassadors to stations and transit vehicles in the city’s core.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The Dodgers dropped outfielder Kyle Tucker to sixth in the lineup Friday, in a batting order Roberts said was designed to combat Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Trump asked before Cignetti and his players told him Ponds was at training camp.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 novel is the story of the rise and fall of a Southern populist, the Louisiana governor Willie Stark—a fictional Huey Long (even if Warren downplayed the likeness)—as told by Stark’s wisecracking, anguished, Hamlet-y henchman, Jack Burden.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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As Christopher Morel prepared to step into the batter’s box in the eighth inning for a crucial at-bat on Sunday, Connor Norby and Heriberto Hernandez approached their teammate and gave him some advice.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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The memo was prepared by three top leaders of the Continuum of Care (CoC) board, a coalition that handles how federal money for homelessness prevention programs are doled out to organizations in the Kansas City region.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
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Iranian families recounted their desperate attempts to find survivors after the school bombing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Pentagon The documents also include a transcript of the 1969 Apollo 11 crew debriefing in which astronaut Buzz Aldrin recounted several unusual observations.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Instead, the company plotted its own intergalactic toy line to market to young male audiences.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Authorities allege on July 21, 1993, Solis and two co-conspirators plotted a robbery of Guerrero, a narcotics supplier, at his Bronx apartment.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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