1
as in to record
to make a written note of
the station captain logged the arrest and then left for home
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2
as in to win
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
an actor who has logged a record number of Academy Award nominations in the course of her career
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as in logbook
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Recent Examples of log
Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Worldwide, 60% of bird species are declining in population – victims of logging, agricultural expansion, and economic development.
—Andy Court, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Each interaction leaves a persistent log.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Must be logged in to your valid Bundtastic Rewards account before making your purchase.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Worldwide, 60% of bird species are declining in population – victims of logging, agricultural expansion, and economic development.
—Andy Court, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Noun
The four workers must watch the security cameras on a monitor, fill out an event log, communicate via walkie-talkie and track down several missing items in the van.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Each interaction leaves a persistent log.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for log
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
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The big man, who won the 2016 NBA Championship as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, previously had his younger sibling under a guardianship, according to TMZ.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Schindler also put down the winning kill in both games for the Knights (16-5, 1-1).—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Deegan has said as soon as her office became aware of the gun logbooks, the city immediately stopped using them.—
David Bauerlein,
Florida Times-Union,
26 Jan. 2026
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The 11-foot male shark had more than 10,000 detections on the conservancy’s logbook as of last year.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Cases are now reported across multiple countries after passengers disembarked in Africa and Europe, prompting health officials to trace contacts globally.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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Reliever Trevor Richards reported for duty for the Chicago White Sox on Friday, three days after he was acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies for cash considerations.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The telling is harrowing, but also humorous at times, and achieves an emotional register that had me, essentially, transfixed.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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If Pan American Airways represented, at its height, victory and suavity, the country achieving a kind of European state of grace, then Spirit was the exact opposite—synonymous with the rowdy and the rude at the heart of the American character.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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These intimate reflections read like pages taken from private diaries, with all the informality and vulnerability of that genre, including misspellings and stray thoughts.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The studies cited used set caffeine doses or placebos and tracked participants with brain-wave monitoring, sleep diaries and questionnaires across hundreds to thousands of people.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
5 May 2026
Verb
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To prepare for the release of the 1926 census, archivists spent nearly three years conserving, digitizing and transcribing the decades-old data, McBride said.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Conversate makes the glasses listen to and transcribe your conversations, using Even's AI to summarize and even suggest topics related to the subject at hand.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
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In a fragmented media world where critical mass is becoming harder to attain, Navarro has become one of media’s most recognizable political talking heads thanks to her two high-profile TV roles.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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So there are a massive number of worlds out there where life could have evolved and attained sentience and spaceflight capabilities.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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“Log.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/log. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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