as in establishing
to show the existence or truth of by evidence
he tried in vain to document a link between ancient civilizations and extraterrestrials
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Recent Examples of documenting
Rather than simply documenting performance, data can now support faster and more informed decision-making across both investment and operational activities.
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Paul Westall, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Giangreco eventually began documenting her apartment journey online, turning it into a series that now spans over 20 parts.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
The movie, documenting her latest tour that ran from September 2024 to November 2025, was codirected by Eilish and Hollywood legend James Cameron.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 30 May 2026
Peter Cappelli, the Wharton management professor who has spent four years documenting the organizational wreckage of the remote-work era, arrived at the same conclusion from a different direction.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Court records obtained by The City documenting more than 1,200 arrests in the New York City area between October 2025 and mid-March show a troubling pattern of discrimination.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 May 2026
By documenting such species, cave divers have helped inform our understanding of the planet’s evolutionary history.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
On Friday, the Pentagon released its second batch of files documenting unidentified anomalous phenomena.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
That meant making sure doctors were documenting how sick a person was, Sisodia said in an interview.
—Jessica Bartlett — Boston Globe, STAT, 21 May 2026
Paul Westall, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Giangreco eventually began documenting her apartment journey online, turning it into a series that now spans over 20 parts.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
The movie, documenting her latest tour that ran from September 2024 to November 2025, was codirected by Eilish and Hollywood legend James Cameron.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 30 May 2026
Peter Cappelli, the Wharton management professor who has spent four years documenting the organizational wreckage of the remote-work era, arrived at the same conclusion from a different direction.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Court records obtained by The City documenting more than 1,200 arrests in the New York City area between October 2025 and mid-March show a troubling pattern of discrimination.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 May 2026
By documenting such species, cave divers have helped inform our understanding of the planet’s evolutionary history.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
On Friday, the Pentagon released its second batch of files documenting unidentified anomalous phenomena.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
That meant making sure doctors were documenting how sick a person was, Sisodia said in an interview.
—Jessica Bartlett — Boston Globe, STAT, 21 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for documenting
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Archer and Joby are establishing significant footprints already with bets in the Middle East, where regulators and governments have readily embraced the new tech.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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But the incident will no doubt deal a blow to not only Blue Origin's ambitions of gaining ground on commercial spaceflight competitor SpaceX, but also to NASA's ambitions of establishing a foothold on the moon.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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In that context, Lipa’s Schiaparelli ensemble offers a compelling blueprint for modern bridal dressing, proving that a wedding look does not need to follow convention to feel impactful.—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
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His victim, in her unassailable purity, resists him, thereby proving that the arrivistes populating the ranks of England’s most upwardly mobile class had a moral edge over the nobility.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Northrop Grumman has announced that its Jackal precision strike missile has completed another successful flight test, demonstrating the rapidly evolving technological maturity of the weapon system.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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And public anger grew after video showed an activist being dragged by a private security guard while demonstrating at the site.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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“Documenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documenting. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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