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plural of chart
as in maps
an illustration of certain features of a geographical area a chart of that section of the coastline will show any possible hazards

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verb

present tense third-person singular of chart

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Recent Examples of charts
Noun
Marry Me Chicken Soup Cream cheese is the secret to success in this silky smooth soup that’s consistently at the top of the charts among BHG readers. Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026 Off-camera, though, Hansen’s self-loathing and anxiety are off the charts. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026 But viral fame prompted an official release in April and the song vaulted onto charts worldwide. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 Because development is heavily driven by optimizing for isolated internal benchmarks rather than cohesive user workflows, the AI looks excellent on research charts but feels fragmented and rigid in real-world application. New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 Samantha was working at the time, reviewing health charts at home as part of her nursing job. Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 Server demand is off the charts from both on-prem enterprise customers and cloud data center operators. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Login counts and active-user charts only confirm that people opened an app. Brian Harmison, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 But his energy level at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta Thursday night as part of the band’s Power Up tour was off the charts. Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
Skate pairs that in 2016 went for between $80 and $900 are now $200 to $1,230, according to HockeySkates DB, a database that charts the prices from various companies. ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 Though inspired by a real-life case, Herzog charts his own path with this tale. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 The film charts the rise of the UK’s notorious tabloid newspaper The Sun in the 1970s under the editorship of Larry Lamb, after he was poached from the Daily Mirror in 1969 by then budding media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 Writer-director Aung Phyoe’s enthralling, visually striking drama Fruit Gathering charts a homoerotic friendship between two young Burmese women. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 The documentary, produced and distributed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, charts Jeffrey Epstein‘s ascent, his trafficking network and his ultimate collapse. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026 The experiment uses data from Starling's cameras, as well as a catalog on the spacecraft that charts thousands of known satellites and space objects around it. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026 The Bullpen is back in action as all-new Editor-in-Chief Stephen Wacker charts the thrilling future of the Marvel Universe for the first time…and probably gets in trouble for saying too much! Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026 Seen together, the trilogy charts both a personal coming-of-age and a generational coming-to-grips with aging that, even when compared against similar serialized documentary experiments like Michael Apted’s 7 Up installments, feels wholly unique. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charts
Noun
  • Nishiyama and his team compared maps showing faults and other geologic signs of contraction on Mercury with newer maps highlighting surface roughness.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In response, some Democratic states have implemented their own gerrymandered maps.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The company describes the effort as part of a broader push to increase the pace of hypersonic testing.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Sandoval plays the Babaylan, a traditional Malay healer who Diaz describes as a lasting bridge between Filipinos and their pre-Hispanic, pre-Islamic Malay heritage.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Customer missions next Muon now plans to incorporate the flight data into further development of Starlight.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Muse is rolling out to adults in the US for free first, and Meta plans to add the agent to its AI smart glasses soon, but didn’t provide a timeline or specify which agentic features this would involve.
    Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Before dinner, Nathan tells her about the new anchor watch schedule.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • An acquaintance who buys and sells movie props tells them that the boots are worth at least fifteen hundred dollars—a tenfold return on their investment.
    David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This was my second picture with Robin Standefer, the production designer, who now designs people’s homes.
    Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Say, if Ferrari, which is closing in on another 20 years without a title, finally designs a pack-leading car and Leclerc is in the fight as much as Hamilton.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Both numbers appear in an April 2026 FEDS Note from the Federal Reserve Board, which compiles three separate federal instruments and reports what each found.
    Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The union plans to spend several million dollars on anti-Raman ads, Noah reports, targeting her membership in the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, which recently endorsed her candidacy.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The software then anonymizes the entry to protect privacy, and plots a circle in the general area.
    Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But the Green Book plots Ecobalyse points, PEF micropoints and Higg scores together despite their different units and methodologies.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The film chronicles his childhood in South Africa and his time in Silicon Valley, and suggests that Musk’s genius is not as an inventor but as an investor.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The documentary, which chronicles a pair of mountain climbers who fall in love while planning to climb the North Face of Mount Everest and then ski down it, was shot specifically for the format.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Charts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charts. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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