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noun

Definition of indexingnext
as in classification

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verb

present participle of index
as in entering
to put (someone or something) on a list indexed all the books in the library by category

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Recent Examples of indexing
Noun
Amy Brooks President of Global Business Development At the risk of over-indexing, another former Stanford player who has spent two-plus decades in the NBA. — Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 There was no indexing and cataloging in a professional archival way throughout this vault process. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 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 OpenAI’s trajectory mirrors the rise of Google parent Alphabet, which built its business around indexing the web and now has a foothold in everything from consumer tech devices to health research. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indexing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indexing
  1. classification
  2. entering
  3. cataloging
  4. listing
  5. categorization
  6. recording
  7. codification
  8. filing
Noun
  • The report highlights that potassium permanganate has been listed as a CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic) substance under the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) CLP classification framework since 2018.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The company is integrating sonar, classification software, and future remote neutralization capabilities into a single operational solution.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of classification
Verb
  • Note that prohibited items include bags or backpacks larger than 12-by-6-by-12 inches, lawn chairs, large coolers, alcoholic beverages, chairs, weapons, drones, pets, and umbrellas; participants will be screened before entering the route.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For Ghatora, the next challenge is ensuring that the products entering this space are backed by credible science.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of entering
Noun
  • The winning projects range from initiatives involving several museums to collaborations with communities of origin to the individual cataloging of archives and databases.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Large organizations can spend enormous amounts of energy cataloging problems.
    — Lou Maiuri, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cataloging
Verb
  • The My Home button takes you back to the My Home screen from anywhere in the app, and the Activity button opens a screen listing all system events, including video clips.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Compass is embroiled in more than half a dozen lawsuits with state and local Multiple Listing Services (MLS) involving listing rules and antitrust claims.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of listing
Noun
  • So many of her positions—on guns, on oil—are either centrist or defy partisan categorization, as with the fish.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As larger, necessary conversations regarding race, genre, music and industry categorization subsumed her Blue Island press run, the album’s softer, relatively disappointing commercial returns further darkened the energy around the release.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of categorization
Verb
  • As the agents stood outside the emergency room entrance, a large crowd of protesters began to converge at the hospital, some banging pots and recording the interaction on their phones.
    — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • After recording the views, a recovery system Barnard called Repris consisted of a streamer to slow its drop and a GPS tracker to help locate the pod after landing.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of recording
Noun
  • Unlike the majority of the Mishnah—the codification of the Jewish Oral Law—Pirkei Avot has very little Halakhic content and instead emphasizes general ethical matters conveyed through aphorisms attributed to ancient rabbinic sages.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • The codification of what became soccer Public school graduates took their versions of the game with them to the next level.
    — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
Definition of codification
Verb
  • The same month, OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens after state attorneys general launched an investigation into the company's safety practices, with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, a Republican, filing a lawsuit in June.
    — Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Throughout Election Day, and into the night, The New Yorker will provide live updates on election results, with reporters filing dispatches from battleground states nationwide and columnists offering fresh analysis as votes start to come in.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of filing

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