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as in form
a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it filled out the documents for a bank loan

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as in certificate
a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something have your documents ready as you approach the border

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Recent Examples of document
Noun
The spread, reportedly once owned by an English politician, is undergoing significant renovations, with planning documents hinting at a private compound that includes a swimming pool and an orangery. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 May 2025 Hudson also listed a fourth property on the mortgage documents for those purchases. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
Verb
Sentry, has documented mental health issues, was the victim of abuse, and struggled with addiction. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 2 May 2025 The young women’s journey to the group was documented on the Netflix docuseries Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE. Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for document
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Noun
  • This comes in many forms — reading when to attack in a messy race, rapidly slipstreaming different wheels in a sprint, or even perfecting your aerodynamic position.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • These low-maintenance plants take to pruning and shaping as needed, but look lovely in their natural form.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Any stand holding more than 500 spectators would also be subject to the 1971 Fire Precautions Act, while a club’s safety certificate should be renewed annually after an inspection.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • During the inspection, the facility did not have an employee with a food safety manager certificate.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • What began as a typical squabble between siblings, Clementine, 6, and Maisie, 3, quickly turned into a beautiful moment of understanding, proving that even the youngest of children can navigate difficult emotions with empathy and care.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 11 May 2025
  • The regular wide version has been my go-to choice for trips for the past year, proving itself a capable all-round pad.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Their schedule late in the season is favorable on paper, at least, outside their season finale against the Bills.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
  • While a lot of the team’s success will derive from how well quarterback Carson Beck performs in 2025, the cast around him getting better on paper certainly helps.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • True Black 500 certification, along with a 0.03-millisecond response time.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
  • Compared with other California counties, Monterey had the highest number of visa certifications by several thousand.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • The report also presses the Federal Communications Commission to establish performance standards and develop measurable goals and monitoring for WEA performance, and ensure mobile providers include location-aware maps by the December 2026 deadline.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
  • Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the country’s southeast.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • If everything old really is new again, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Lehigh Valley, Fairfax Industrial District and Hazelwood Green are some of the best examples, demonstrating what’s possible when fresh innovation takes root within legacy manufacturing sites.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • The ability for adversaries to store histories of events that never actually occurred directly into an LLM’s memory database was demonstrated last year.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2025

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“Document.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/document. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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