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noun

plural of record

as in chronologies

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened the town paper published a record of the debate, as well as a synopsis of each candidate's stance on the major questions

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as in annals

an account of important events in the order in which they happened historical records on the rise of the Roman Empire are plentiful

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records

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verb

present tense third-person singular of record

as in logs

to make a written note of the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference

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as in lists

to put (someone or something) on a list he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered

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Noun

Child welfare agents said abuse may have occurred, but the perpetrator was unknown, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post. — Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 As a result, unauthorized access to those systems can expose records belonging to patients across multiple healthcare organizations. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Last May, Backrooms — about a horrifying liminal space that exists beyond our own reality — smashed box office records. — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026 Hanfield is held in the Paul Rein Detention Facility while Arstil is in the North Broward Bureau, jail records show. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 Toney already has the records for catches and receiving yards with 109 and 1,211, respectively set last year, while the single-season receiving touchdowns is 13 by Leonard Hankerson in 2010. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

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 The system records license plates and vehicle characteristics, allowing police departments to search for vehicles that may be connected to criminal investigations. — Gino Vicci, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 But as Bass hoped, the county did not secure the database that records contacts with homeless people or the system that matches people to housing. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 One man records himself using the claws to screw bottle lids off and on. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 Player of the Week Senior forward Andrew Guzy records a hat trick and adds an assist as Lemont beats Evergreen Park 9-0 to clinch the South Suburban Blue title. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Kristian Matsson, who records under the moniker The Tallest Man on Earth, is both blessed and cursed by having arrived nearly fully formed. — David Harris, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026 Nicolás Pereda’s absurdist comedy centers on composer Rosa, who records a television interview at her colleague Tere’s apartment, where interruptions steadily derail the shoot. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

One of the best actors working today, Coon essentially plays two different sides of Rita with astonishing range across these chronologies, portraying the past and the present of her character through distinctive markers.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
And so those chronologies are really important for me in each one of these investigations.

— Terry Gross, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of chronologies

Verb

Every user who logs in is a user whose account the fraudsters now own.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
In late August, Luke Agada logs onto Zoom from his studio in Chicago, with two new paintings of surreal domestic landscapes mounted on the wall behind him.

— Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of logs

Noun

Just 58% of American adults own stock, Gallup found in April, much of it held in retirement accounts.

— Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Officials said that parents and guardians may want to consider requesting a free credit freeze for their children who are under 16 to help prevent unauthorized accounts from being opened in the names of their children.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of accounts

Verb

Analysts blame the falloff on Converse’s inability to innovate and its overreliance on the Chuck Taylor model, Fortune’s Phil Wahba reports.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Scheibenbogen reports that the kids who cut out social media entirely showed modest increases in mental well-being that started wearing off five weeks later.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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