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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
Unlike other global quality-of-life indexes, these rankings measure how expats actually feel about their daily lives rather than relying on statistics like crime rates and tax policies. — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 In stock markets elsewhere around the world, indexes were mixed. — Stan Choe, Fortune, 29 July 2026 European stocks opened in broadly positive territory on Tuesday, bucking the negative trend set by Asian indices. — Joseph Wilkins,justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 27 July 2026 Wednesday’s daily high is 105 degrees, and heat index values (or indices) could reach 116 degrees. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026 Henley & Partners says its new analysis comparing the two indexes reveals a strong positive relationship between peacefulness and passport power. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 Wall Street closed mostly lower but calm Monday as AI chipmakers including Nvidia and AMD steadied after sharp losses, leaving major indexes near record highs despite recent volatility. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 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
  • Together, the capex commitments, power demand projections, physical bottlenecks, and input price inflation are the indicators of the installation phase.
    — Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Moving envelope indicators and Bollinger Bands show long positions struggling, while the MACD, RSI, and major long-term moving averages display explicitly bearish momentum profiles.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Definition of indicators
Verb
  • The Pentagon also lists 420 troops as wounded in action during Operation Epic Fury.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • What to Eat on the MIND Diet The Dementia Society of America lists the core foods.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Definition of lists
Noun
  • Track three scuttles atop a bed of pine needles and broken eggshells, a nervous, almost dubsteppy rhythm haloed in Four Tet’s characteristic bell tones.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
  • The dense evergreen cover provides shelter, the soft needles nesting material, and the seed-bearing cones give food for a variety of bird species.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026
Definition of needles
Verb
  • Each year, the department faces lawsuits cataloging records inquiries that the LAPD failed to respond to by the 10-day or 24-day deadline.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • The alleged crime In the early hours of May 10, 2025, Pearson allegedly approached the house where the victim was sleeping, court records state.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Definition of records
Verb
  • Before a module enters the pit, technicians must integrate three heavy components into a single unit inside the Assembly Hall.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
  • As training camps fire up across the league, Hill enters free agency as an intriguing wild card.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of enters
Verb
  • The policy statement published June 22 drops the individual holding caps that made last year’s consultation notorious, replaces them with a roughly £40 billion per-issuer issuance limit, and schedules the regime to go live in 2027.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Dr Mangla also schedules a Dexa scan, which assesses my bone density, and a CT calcium scan that measures the calcified plaque in my arteries and my risk of heart disease.
    — Susan D'Arcy, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026
Definition of schedules
Verb
  • The Department of Justice has said repeatedly since the disclosure of the Epstein files that there are no credible allegations or evidence that would lead to new federal criminal investigations.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Every fund manager who bought SpaceX read its S-1—the disclosure document every company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission before going public.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Definition of files
Verb
  • The textbook catalogs the ways prosecutors can abuse their powers.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 17 July 2026
  • Product catalogs need to be portable and machine-readable so an AI agent can resolve a SKU in seconds.
    — Faustino Júnior, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of catalogs

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