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Recent Examples of index
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Contemplate that the recent drop in the confidence index, based on public surveys, leaves the California index 6% below its long-term average dating to 2007.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 Apr. 2026
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
It may be indexed by search engines.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
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Noun
While forecasts currently point to modest activity (with a Kp index up to 4, just below official storm levels), even the slightest shifts (like a stronger southward magnetic alignment) could enhance visibility in real time.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Contemplate that the recent drop in the confidence index, based on public surveys, leaves the California index 6% below its long-term average dating to 2007.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
Economists generally have calculated that whatever economic growth could be ascribed to the change would be washed out by the revenue loss from inflation-indexing only new purchases, and utterly swamped by the cost of indexing all holdings, past and future.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
It may be indexed by search engines.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for index
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Runser referenced indicators in manufacturing showing the sector is expanding, which is supportive of future freight demand.—
Dylan Sherman,
Arkansas Online,
28 Apr. 2026
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The index is a future indicator of lease signings about a year or more out.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Anthony Edwards, listed as questionable, is planning to give it a go, per multiple reports.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 May 2026
Noun
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But Unikowsky maintains that to find a needle in the Google haystack, Google had to sift through hundreds of millions of accounts.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026
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But an imperfect first law still moves the needle.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Mostun recorded a 315 in the clean-and-jerk and 245 in the snatch (560 total) in the 169-pound weight class.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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The right-hander allowed one walk with seven strikeouts and has 25 strikeouts over his last three outings after recording 18 over his first four starts of the year.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
Verb
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The Sox trailed 3-1 entering the seventh inning on Sunday.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Mira entered the middle of the circle, pirouetting and curtsying, kicking her leg above her head.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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To rectify this oversight, a few years ago, my friend Cassey Lottman and I created the Great Farts of Literature database, an ongoing project dedicated to cataloging the best butt bombs in print and from which this list is adapted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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The coins will be transported to the Coin Cabinet at the Museum of Cultural History, where they will be catalogued and studied for years to come, the museum confirmed.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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When Galvin went to the South Elgin Police Department on May 8 to file a missing person report, she was told her daughter was probably a runaway.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The state had filed a motion to join the two cases for a single trial, which the trial court granted on the grounds the evidence in each case would be cross admissible, the high court ruling says.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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“Index.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/index. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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