as in list
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system
an alphabetical listing of all of the students currently enrolled in the school
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as in uneven
inclined or twisted to one side
the listing battleship limped back to port for repairs
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as in leaning
running in a slanting direction
the listing lines of a poem scrawled on a chalkboard
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as in inventorying
to make a list of
the coach listed the people on the team
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as in entering
to put (someone or something) on a list
her number isn't listed in the phone book
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as in enrolling
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member
our grandfather is listed among the war dead honored by the memorial
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as in reciting
to specify one after another
do I need to list all of the reasons why your idea won't work?
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as in sloping
to set or cause to be at an angle
the sudden shift of the load in the hull listed the ship badly
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Recent Examples of listing
Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The listing says buyers can request that pieces be cut in two.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
The lawsuit accused the company of coercing customers into signing agreements that allowed the company to act as the exclusive real estate listing agent for an undisclosed period of time.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Dozens of eBay listings reviewed by USA TODAY show that some consumers, either for reselling purposes or to procure the beverage container, have spent hundreds of dollars to purchase the cup.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The listing says buyers can request that pieces be cut in two.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
Steve Sekhon with Compass is the listing agent.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
The lawsuit accused the company of coercing customers into signing agreements that allowed the company to act as the exclusive real estate listing agent for an undisclosed period of time.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listing
Noun
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The United States supported the anti-communist massacres, providing lists of senior communist party officials, equipment and money to the Indonesian army, according to official documents that were declassified in 2017.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The 32-year-old hurler can reportedly decline trades for 10 different teams across the league, but the specific teams on his no-trade list are not publicly known.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Future work will focus on integrating snow-deposition modeling with PV yield simulations to more accurately predict energy losses and on expanding analyses to more complex, uneven alpine terrain.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Trojans' uneven season hasn't exactly helped slow rumors either.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Spiral turns, Prioli explained, are the elevated runs that lead to tilted loops around the track.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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The winter solstice is the start of astronomical winter, when Earth's northern hemisphere is pointed the farthest away from the sun due to its tilted axis.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Among those players were outside linebacker Princely Umanmielen (originally sidelined with an ankle), center Cade Mays (ankle) and left guard Damien Lewis (oblique).—
Alex Zietlow
November 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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He was released after the trade deadline but re-signed a minor league deal and was added to the postseason roster after Elias Díaz’s oblique injury.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Recent reports that a number of current and former NBA players were allegedly faking injuries and trading inside information with crooked gamblers has left sports fans and media reeling.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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After a disastrous attempt at bedding Minde’s ex-girlfriend Edita (Vaidilė Juozaitytė), our flat-top sporting hero with a crooked smile meets Monika (Digna Kulionytė), an ambitious, studious beauty from the middle-class area of town.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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Their test setup involved a ramp containing sand to simulate sloping dunes on Mars.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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Zada believes social media gives a skewed impression of how some AI ads are going over.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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McGuane’s style has at times skewed maximalist, a stark departure from Hemingway’s famously undecorated prose.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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Murillo’s diagonal ball elicits audible purrs from the Peter Taylor Stand.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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To begin the wrapping process, position your gift box so there is enough room for the top right corner of the paper to form a diagonal across the top of the package.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Listing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listing. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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