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
Content creators who don’t follow traditional journalistic practices are charting new territory.
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Speaking to Variety, Meddour said the film will follow Bellaribi, charting her upbringing within a poor family of Algerian immigrants in the underprivileged suburb of Nanterre and being abandoned by her parents after an accident that left her seriously injured.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Several songs from the soundtrack are charting on the Hot 100.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
The clip was shared from Fritzi (@fritzicaramelle), a TikTok account charting the dog’s varied adventures with her owners.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Owned by the Moncler Group, the brand has been charting a course forward under CEO Robert Triefus, who joined in May 2023 from Gucci.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Thank you for charting the course and for making space during a time when no similar space really existed.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
While the sources may have been past colleagues, and the archival papers her own work, Orlean set out to be exhaustive and exacting in charting her personal history.
—Nathan Smith, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
Riofrancos does not detail how to reach this future (charting such a course would be beyond the scope of her project).
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Speaking to Variety, Meddour said the film will follow Bellaribi, charting her upbringing within a poor family of Algerian immigrants in the underprivileged suburb of Nanterre and being abandoned by her parents after an accident that left her seriously injured.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Several songs from the soundtrack are charting on the Hot 100.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
The clip was shared from Fritzi (@fritzicaramelle), a TikTok account charting the dog’s varied adventures with her owners.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Owned by the Moncler Group, the brand has been charting a course forward under CEO Robert Triefus, who joined in May 2023 from Gucci.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Thank you for charting the course and for making space during a time when no similar space really existed.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
While the sources may have been past colleagues, and the archival papers her own work, Orlean set out to be exhaustive and exacting in charting her personal history.
—Nathan Smith, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
Riofrancos does not detail how to reach this future (charting such a course would be beyond the scope of her project).
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charting
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Meller provided a concrete example of AI’s democratizing potential, describing how a scene that would have cost half his film’s budget and taken weeks with traditional effects was roughed out in five minutes using Kling AI.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Three Air Force employees are dead in what Ohio officials are describing as a double murder-suicide.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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Tamra’s hanging in Big Bear, Jenn is planning a wedding, and Heather lost $6 million on a house.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Putting on the Halloween show together every year proves challenging for the team at The Kelly Clarkson Show, who are often planning for the special while juggling their regular workloads.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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As previously announced, The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event will star Paul Mescal as McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Starr, Joseph Quinn as Harrison, and Harris Dickinson as Lennon, with each film telling the story of a different member of the band.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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Watches offer an opportunity to expand that world, telling our story through a new lens while answering a growing desire for pieces that combine design, with exceptional functionality.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Using fractional diffusion theory, the research deepens understanding of transient charging behaviors in complex materials, which is key to designing high-performance components used for advanced engineering electrochemical systems in general.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there were not enough ventilators for the patients who needed them, a team at NASA JPL was charged with designing a ventilator that could be rapidly produced without taking parts away from the critical medical supply chain.—
Michele Raphael,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Comedian and actor Eddie Murphy finally has a documentary chronicling his extraordinary career from his rise as standup comedian and SNL player to box office draw.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Thousands of fans packed into the Callao plaza in the city center for the pop-up event, which include a 90-minute TikTok stream chronicling the singer’s prep and arrival.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
21 Oct. 2025
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Anticipating and preparing for war leads quite naturally to accepting its inevitability.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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That’s one investment that has proved rather unfruitful so far, although things appear to be looking up for WBD investors currently with company on the auction block and simultaneously preparing to separate its cable operations and studios/streaming into to companies.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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The song, which is the second track on the album, makes several references and nods to some of Taylor's famous life, while also seemingly relating them to Swift.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Libra balanced scales also teach us that relating is a paradox.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
17 Sep. 2025
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This powerful synergy enhances detection, tracking, classification, and identification while also enabling autonomous drone swarm operations, including self-organizing collaboration.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Charting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charting. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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