charting

verb

present participle of chart
1
as in describing
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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2
as in planning
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 charting For nations, that means charting new routes through a fragmenting global order. — Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026 Just because an ebook is charting on Kindle doesn’t mean people are devouring it. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 July 2026 In practice, that means finding improvements by rearranging machines, charting new workflows, and adding automation—not pushing workers to rush. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 July 2026 Stoney remains Malone’s longest-charting title on the Billboard 200, with 361 weeks somewhere on the roster. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 In the monitoring room, screens blinked and maps pulsed, quietly charting what was happening underground. — Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026 Every day Ian checks the tide gauge at the eastern end of his island home, measuring and charting the rising sea levels. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 As of Wednesday morning, the air quality in Philadelphia was a 62 on AirNow's AQI graph, charting as moderate. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 15 July 2026 The Wavy, became a breakout moment, surpassing 270 million TikTok views and charting on Spotify’s Viral Top 50 in nine countries including Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charting
  1. describing
  2. planning
  3. telling
  4. designing
  5. chronicling
  6. preparing
  7. relating
  8. organizing
Verb
  • The framework's own repository is blunt about its limits, describing its controls as defense-in-depth rather than true containment.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Fuldauer said the insurance industry needs to become a resilience partner for society, describing public-private partnerships as key to success in this area.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of describing
Verb
  • Tom Burwell, Sunderland’s chief executive, is alongside Ghisolfi in planning the next steps.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Pimpton was initially planning to enter the portal, but opted to return to Fort Worth for another year.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Definition of planning
Verb
  • This is really a bet on the consumer and price has been telling us the consumer is willing and able to travel, even with spiking oil prices.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • Saada hit back during a luncheon with French producers at Cannes, telling the crowd Canal+ would no longer be working with signatories.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 July 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • Hank Ketcham, creator of the comic strip of the same name, is largely credited with designing the park in the mid-1950s.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • Pickard Chilton, a Connecticut architecture studio, is designing the space.
    — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of designing
Verb
  • Glanville, who has been publicly chronicling her facial disfigurement and search for answers after developing a mysterious illness, shared on Instagram Wednesday.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
  • Phillip Molnar of The San Diego Union-Tribune has been chronicling housing development and price trends in the region for years.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Definition of chronicling
Verb
  • Two years after April 8, 2024’s North American eclipse, NASA is once again preparing to broadcast one of nature’s greatest spectacles live.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • While the summer focuses on prepared foods, the Toupses also do holiday drop-offs during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and even Valentine’s Day that provide ingredients for preparing festive meals at home.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of preparing
Verb
  • Presenting one idea, and then relating it back to something political.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 July 2026
  • Its symbols represent a mathematical formula relating the time periods of celestial bodies’ motions in the sky.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Definition of relating
Verb
  • The organizing committee said earlier this week that 12 million people have registered.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Most enterprises have data spread across dozens of platforms, and each one has its own way of storing, organizing and granting access to that data.
    — Michel Tricot, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of organizing

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