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plural of document
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as in forms
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 certificates
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of document

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Recent Examples of documents
Noun
The documents also included physical descriptions of the accused. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 The conversational layer may be what a borrower sees, but the difficult work happens deeper in the stack, where documents, rules, calculations, decisions, and transaction states have to remain connected. — Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has asked companies involved in the deal to preserve documents ahead of a possible investigation by the panel, said the aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss Democrats’ sensitive plans. — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 The victim in the case is from Greensboro, court documents report. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026 The technology has to process documents, perform calculations, and produce decisions that can be examined later. — Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Additional documents are expected to be released in the coming months. — Nicole Alarcon, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 This collects about 8,000 original documents and other elements linked to the house’s perfume and beauty archives, totaling about 5 percent of its full collection. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, sued the university; the fraternity, Chi Phi; her sorority, Tri Delta; and seven former Chi Phi members last month. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
Before the Ernst-May-Gesellschaft volunteers begin dismantling a kitchen, a photographer documents the interior with a fisheye lens while the team measures and sketches the room. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026 Older research also documents the time teachers spend preparing students for state tests. — Liza Bondurant, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 Contour clearly documents support for Windows 10 and Windows 11. — Sascha Brodsky, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 Kopple documents the case of Victor Hidalgo, a 24-year-old man who was working for a pharmacy delivery company in 2024 when a New York Fire Department vehicle hit his bicycle, killing him. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026 The United States now regularly documents cases of West Nile virus, along with rarer infections like eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and dengue fever. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Sep. 2026 The study documents just how important years of heavy snow are for recharging California’s groundwater aquifers. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Our report documents a second, less-visible pattern running the other way. — Houman Akhavan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 In a rare opportunity to look back, the Kith founder has partnered with Assouline to compile a book that documents 1,848 shoe collaborations from the brand’s 15-year history with Adidas, Asics, Clarks, New Balance, Nike, On and more. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for documents
Noun
  • But opponents have argued that other forms of infrastructure such as drones or surveillance towers are just as effective and a lot less expensive than the wall plans.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Most of that evidence comes from studies of clove extracts or concentrated forms, not from a single clove steeped in a mug of coffee.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The institute also plans to work with CUNY, which enrolls roughly 500,000 students, Simmons said, on programs such as add-on AI certificates.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • With proof that the reporting party had control of the key, defenders scrambled because the same key could be used to sign unauthorized certificates that would be trusted by millions of servers worldwide.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The pain of this story lies squarely in the past, and Lee, who wrote the script with Oh Jung-mi, proves more willing than usual to bridge the gap between then and now.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • This woman couldn't point to one place in the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, or the Declaration of Independence that proves her claim that males have the right to compete in women's sports or use women's restrooms.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Inside was a tumble of papers, some moldy, some with partial footprints, leaves and twigs interspersed among the pages.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • And though papers in Washington State such as the Seattle Times have mentioned the protests, nobody in legacy media is criticizing the boy's participation.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • To prepare for a scuba diver’s worst nightmare, Abrams earned the necessary certifications.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Boards and associations, such as the American Nurses Association, can issue certifications, as can private firms like Google.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This discovery establishes a new way to couple mechanical motion and electricity at the smallest scales, opening new possibilities for molecular electronics.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Article 5 of the NATO charter contains the alliance's mutual-defense guarantee, which establishes that an attack on one is an attack on all.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Doe’s case demonstrates just how complex Title IX cases are, even under the more protective policies afforded to accusers by past presidential administrations.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • For now, the work demonstrates a limited but automated connection between detecting an odor and recreating a corresponding scent elsewhere.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Documents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documents. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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