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noun

variants or indices
plural of index
as in indicators
an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information the index on the thermometer dropped below zero

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verb

present tense third-person singular of index
as in lists
to put (someone or something) on a list indexed all the books in the library by category

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Recent Examples of indexes
Noun
Asia was mixed but the European indexes rose in early trading. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, across Europe, technology stocks pushed indices into the red during the morning session. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 A day earlier, European indexes fell sharply following violent protests that could ultimately force governments on the continent to increase their spending to ease voters’ anger. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 All the indices on the subdial are filled with Super-LumiNova, but the two and six glow in a different color as an homage to Barkley’s number (26). — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2026 The index is a weighted sum of six sub-indices that are derived from Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data, PMI comments trackers and PMI commodity price and supply indicators that are compiled by S&P Global. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 The bond rout had sent stocks tumbling early in the day, but as the decades-high yields eased, so did losses among the major stock indexes. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
The Nasdaq 100 and the Dow Industrials Both indexes high new highs Wednesday. — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 28 May 2026 The ratio worth tracking is confirmed to suspected, currently about 1 in 15, which indexes how quickly the lab system is catching up to the field. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 Instead of the open web, the platform indexes a library of about 500 million documents, including premium business content such as SEC filings, earnings transcripts, and expert research. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026 The video indexes temporal compression—not historical eventfulness or developmental logic but monotonous repetition, endurance without transformation. — Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026 That’s a footprint that intentionally indexes heavily on Western Europe, which has wealthier markets even if it might be further removed from the continent’s more ardent basketball markets. — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indexes
  1. indicators
  2. lists
  3. needles
  4. records
  5. enters
  6. schedules
  7. files
  8. catalogs
Noun
  • Claim narratives can be analyzed for patterns in how members described their circumstances before a lapse, revealing early indicators that a structured premium payment record alone would never surface.
    — Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Pastries containing squash for which there is a poster indicating a shelf life of two days under refrigeration, were for sale and at room temperature without time-mark indicators to be discarded.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of indicators
Verb
  • Lockheed Martin lists its maximum takeoff weight at 164,000 pounds, with a standard maximum payload of 46,700 pounds.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The Regenerative Organic Alliance lists the farm at the Silver level.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of lists
Noun
  • The forests are thick with spruce, their needles a deep, musty green veiled in shadows.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company made use of burgeoning microneedle patch technology, placing the microneedles in select designs like stars and hearts on the patch, and embedding pigments in the miniscule needles.
    — Avery Stone, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of needles
Verb
  • Lemley has practiced medicine for 14 years, 10 of those in Texas, according to Texas Medical Board records.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The boy’s mother, who was in a dating relationship with Clark, tried to intervene, but Clark allegedly struck her with the chair, too, court records state.
    — Tanya Babbar, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of records
Verb
  • As California enters peak wildfire season, wildfire safety is top of mind for many homeowners.
    — Steve Large, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • New Orleans enters its Week 6 matchup with the New York Giants on a three-game losing streak.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of enters
Verb
  • The incident channel fills with messages of relief, and somebody schedules a review for next week.
    — Mani Padisetti, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Virgo Moon moves through your 6th House of Work and Wellness, making tasks, health habits, and schedules more noticeable.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of schedules
Verb
  • Sweden files more patents per person than almost every other European country, hosts four of the world’s top 130 universities, and is ranked by the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization as the second most innovative economy on earth.
    — Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Settling the issue through the EEOC’s pre-litigation conciliation process ends the matter before the federal agency files a federal lawsuit on behalf of the applicants.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of files
Verb
  • Any time there is the potential for further punishment, a report catalogs what happened, if there was a penalty called, the players involved, any disciplinary history, the aggressor's next game and video clips of the incident.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The beginning of the novel catalogs his traumas, searching for an all-encompassing origin story that might explain his delinquency.
    — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of catalogs

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“Indexes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indexes. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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