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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 show details for only one part of Phoenix’s portfolio, and do not include assets in retirement accounts or stakes held in companies through mutual funds, corporate bonds and other securities, the accountants confirmed. — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Consider a bank using AI to read documents for small-business loans. — David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Property damaged at the site included a Nissan Altima, the mailbox, the carport, the porch and landscaping, court documents say. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Pull your closing documents and confirm the roof’s install date. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Disenrollment rates could get worse in January, when Nebraska residents will be forced to provide additional documents to prove their qualifications. — STAT, 1 Oct. 2026 Nuclear license changes hands Along with the NRC license, NANO Nuclear will acquire patented technology, engineering and safety analyses, regulatory and permitting documents, equipment, and historical project development records. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026 In court documents, the Justice Department cites that ruling. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Historic documents and artifacts help people remember their history, but keeping track of everything can be overwhelming, especially when the items come from an entire community. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
Contour clearly documents support for Windows 10 and Windows 11. — Sascha Brodsky, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 The Fifth National Climate Assessment, published in November 2023, documents risks to health, infrastructure and agricultural productivity. — Akshaya Jha, The Conversation, 22 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 Oasis recently released a new documentary, Don’t Look Back in Anger, which documents their reunion. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for documents
Noun
  • Scientists can now examine sections of DNA that were once inaccessible and detect forms of genetic variation that older methods may have missed.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This time around, though, the 45 mm case is pink gold and the dial is deep green like the mythical forest where Merlin is said to have assumed multiple forms.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some colleges — like Folsom Lake — offer associate degrees or certificates in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Covid was the underlying cause on 88% of the certificates that mentioned it from 2020 through mid-2022, and that fell to 76% for 2022 as a whole as certifiers more often listed it as a contributing cause.
    — Jess Steier, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Horror may now be respectable enough for its own sprawling exhibition at the Academy Museum, but Criterion’s October lineup proves there are still plenty of disreputable pleasures to be found.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • His style, reminiscent of Nick Cave, is incantatory, and the result is that the not-especially-melodic songs tend to bleed into each other with a sameness that ultimately proves monotonous.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In 2014, three years after his death, it was found among the papers of his close friend Zdeněk Urbánek.
    — Václav Havel, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In January, its investigators reported finding more than 100 hallucinated citations in papers accepted at NeurIPS, one of the world’s top AI research conferences, as Fortune first reported.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Because space and defense qualification cycles require multiple years of exhaustive safety and performance certifications, switching to a cheaper competitor is highly frictional for a prime contractor.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Microban said Scentry Revive holds Eco Passport by Oeko-Tex and Bluesign certifications.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The contract also establishes a binding grievance procedure and additional pay for employees who take on extra duties or are required to work on-site during an emergency.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • California’s At-Will Rule Sets the Baseline California Labor Code section 2922 establishes the state’s general rule for employment without a specified term.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This exhibit demonstrates how more than 600 muscles fuel human movement.
    — Emma Hall October 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • As Applied Aerospace strips out IPO charges over the next two quarters, demonstrates its capital-light operating leverage, and starts collecting cash on its backlog, the valuation gap will likely compress.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Documents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documents. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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