documenting

present participle of document

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of documenting Once that happens, measurement is no longer simply documenting development. — Ekramy El Zaghat, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 In clips of the season 2 episode documenting Kari and Gina’s surgeries, the women are anesthetized, cut into, shunted around, bandaged, and propped up for interviews. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026 Tallulah has previously opened up about cherishing and documenting her time with her father. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Even as his cameras are repeatedly damaged or destroyed, Burnat refuses to stop documenting the resistance. — Drew Paul, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 High schoolers and middle schoolers across the country are sharing social media posts documenting how these internet memes have manifested in their classrooms – and sometimes, how their teachers are using them to guide class discussions. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Meta has published two posts in as many weeks documenting the design decisions that went into ensuring an assistant with such extraordinary access to user data and resources is secure and private. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026 He was accused of not providing food or medications to Maier for multiple days before his death and not properly following the prison's policy for documenting a hunger strike. — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026 This past spring, the research team surveyed native bees at 26 forests across the Northeast, documenting the plants bees visited before any restoration began. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for documenting
Verb
  • Simmons has previously emphasized that his offense cannot become one-dimensional, and Saturday’s performance illustrated why establishing the run remains so important.
    — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Lula signed legislation in 2023 establishing rules and explicitly authorizing ‌online casino games in addition to sports betting.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Upworthy is already proving what that can look like, turning the conversations in our Instagram comments into a New York Times bestselling book.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Vishnu Mohta, co-founder of Hoichoi and LoglineAI, said the first decade had been about proving a language-first platform could build a meaningful global business.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This year, North America salty snacks sales grew 23%, nearly four times faster than the company overall, demonstrating the early impact in scaling a broader snacking portfolio.
    — Kirk Tanner, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • SpaceX conducted 170 launches in 2025 — compared to China’s 92 launches — demonstrating the scale of Washington’s commercial edge.
    — Mark Montgomery, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Documenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documenting. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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