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
By documenting such species, cave divers have helped inform our understanding of the planet’s evolutionary history.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
On Friday, May 22, the 51-year-old comedian started off her Memorial Day weekend by documenting her progress in the gym.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
On Friday, the Pentagon released its second batch of files documenting unidentified anomalous phenomena.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Nadal follows the likes of Naomi Osaka, Carlos Alcaraz, Roger Federer and Serena Williams in documenting his career and its end, but he is not listed as a producer on the series.
—Ava Wallace, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Asian American communities had been documenting anti-Asian bias in admissions, for decades, at multiple institutions of higher education.
—Literary Hub, 21 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
Schneider plays David, a reticent young man with the soulful-hobo air of a Beat poet, who makes a living as an events photographer but whose private passion is a secretive lifelong project, inherited from his father, documenting the changing Parisian suburbs.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2026
The work, documenting events in motion and from a variety of angles, are almost photojournalistic.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
On Friday, May 22, the 51-year-old comedian started off her Memorial Day weekend by documenting her progress in the gym.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
On Friday, the Pentagon released its second batch of files documenting unidentified anomalous phenomena.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Nadal follows the likes of Naomi Osaka, Carlos Alcaraz, Roger Federer and Serena Williams in documenting his career and its end, but he is not listed as a producer on the series.
—Ava Wallace, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Asian American communities had been documenting anti-Asian bias in admissions, for decades, at multiple institutions of higher education.
—Literary Hub, 21 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
Schneider plays David, a reticent young man with the soulful-hobo air of a Beat poet, who makes a living as an events photographer but whose private passion is a secretive lifelong project, inherited from his father, documenting the changing Parisian suburbs.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2026
The work, documenting events in motion and from a variety of angles, are almost photojournalistic.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 18 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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Instead, the talented Avs did the unthinkable, proving Game 2 was not a fluke by falling flat on their red faces again.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
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Global overplanting and uneven quality gradually gave Merlot a middle-market reputation, even as the world’s top examples continued proving how serious the grape could be, especially in Bordeaux.—
Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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He’s built a career responding to different challenges and demonstrating improvement.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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The yearly motorsport festival features drivers demonstrating a litany of race cars on track and displaying their machinery on the racetrack’s grounds.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
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“Documenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documenting. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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