charting

present participle of chart

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of charting Hybrid Theory is easily the group’s longest-charting title, with 428 frames somewhere on the roster – a figure that expands again this period. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 There are people who see his lyrics as a codex to his relationships and life experiences, almost everything charting one‑to-one, map to territory. Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 Risam takes readers back to the dawn of data, charting the course of human recordkeeping from Mesopotamian farming to present-day surveillance technology. Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Gary Lineker is the latest high-profile name to get the documentary treatment — with a series charting his life launching on Amazon Prime next year, The Athletic can reveal. Tom Burrows, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The latter, the band's highest-charting single, featured neither Beard nor bassist Hill, though they were credited. Christopher Watson, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 But Hathaway is the glue that holds both movies together, expertly charting Andy's journey from reluctant assistant to ruthless ladder climber to crusading editor. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 The Chicago Bulls on Thursday announced the full 82-game schedule for the 2026-27 season, charting a path for the first year under new vice president of basketball operations Bryson Graham and coach Tiago Splitter. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Blue Island, named after her hometown in Illinois, follows through on that statement, charting a course that lets Lenae flex new muscles and offload genre anxieties. Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charting
Verb
  • OpenAI's investigation, released this week, went considerably further, describing agents that found unauthorized ways to communicate, collaborate and delegate work while attempting to accomplish their objectives.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The company says its technology is being developed to produce both electricity and high-temperature industrial heat, with its website describing temperatures of up to about 2012°F (1,100°C).
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Instead of managing an entire meal, planning for just dessert and drinks frees you up to tidy the house or relax without standing over a stove for hours before guests arrive.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026
  • As the weather begins to cool and the corn stalks reach for the sky, farms begin planning for their annual corn maze adventures.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Kronengold and Shaw decided to have some fun with Rao by telling the cast that Amita would have to spend several weekends alone in her trailer with the opossum.
    Emily Gould, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • But away from the sporting arena, the five-day games reveal something telling about why China's winning this technology race.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Others have discovered that designing an impressive concept and manufacturing a safe, reliable vehicle at scale are two very different challenges.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Adam Mosseri was called to the stand on Tuesday as part of a 2026 federal trial against Meta in which 29 state attorneys accuse the company of designing its wares to addict minors.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • By then, the magazine had already been chronicling life on this tiny patch of the Mediterranean for decades.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Both Chang and Erpenbeck are unflinching in chronicling the specific, mundane precautions necessary to lovers under surveillance.
    Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Even as the justices were preparing to release their opinion, the postal service did in fact develop and release a new rule about mail-in voting.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The bill would allow a 35% to 50% credit on qualified expenses relating specifically to post-production in California.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Relationship science draws a useful line here between two ways of relating.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What was new was someone finally organizing it into something a nurse could use in sixty seconds in the chaos of a delivery room.
    Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This is strong energy for editing, organizing, asking clearly, or naming the next step.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Charting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charting. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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