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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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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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Recent Examples of records
Hannah Hudnall,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
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Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
26 June 2026
The Times filed a Freedom of Information Act request on June 2 for VA Police records of the hallway death and the stabbing.
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Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
No bond amount had been set, according to jail records.
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Doug Myers,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The West Wing alum, 69, recently filed a motion to quash the grand jury indictment, according to court records obtained by PEOPLE.
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Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
According to court records viewed by Fox News Digital, the country star filed the paperwork on May 18 in Williamson County, Tennessee, listing the date of separation as May 9.
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Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Personnel records released by CMS show Hill is 49 years old.
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Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
New Atlas,
26 June 2026
The type of die CEA-Leti bonded to their wafer was a test vehicle, which records information to evaluate electrical connections.
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Alex Music,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
He was also seen on video at least once selling wiring at the scrapyard, Shihata added, and the company’s business records document payments to Bacchus.
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Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
However, this year, the report also records a decline in revenue for the first time since Colorado and Washington started to sell legal recreational cannabis in 2014.
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Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Drag City just reissued the two Squirrel Bait records.
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Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
25 June 2026
Rollerena’s archive, recently published by Reveal Digital as part of its HIV, AIDS, and the Arts collection, records the evolution of Rollerena as a public self.
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Emilie Hardman,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2026
All but three of the violations were eventually deleted after the company contested them and an administrative judge made a ruling on the matter, agency records state.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
That lines up with data from plague outbreaks thousands of years later in London, when parish records document local children bearing the brunt of the plague’s death toll.
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ArsTechnica,
18 June 2026
Noun
Chicago breaks snowfall records before December Chicago started the snowy season last year with a similarly strong punch, breaking snowfall records by the end of November, according to the NOAA.
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Hannah Hudnall,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
26 June 2026
The Times filed a Freedom of Information Act request on June 2 for VA Police records of the hallway death and the stabbing.
—
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
No bond amount had been set, according to jail records.
—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The West Wing alum, 69, recently filed a motion to quash the grand jury indictment, according to court records obtained by PEOPLE.
—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
According to court records viewed by Fox News Digital, the country star filed the paperwork on May 18 in Williamson County, Tennessee, listing the date of separation as May 9.
—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Personnel records released by CMS show Hill is 49 years old.
—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
Verb
Each square creates ultrasonic waves and records the ripples back at millions of times per second.
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New Atlas,
26 June 2026
The type of die CEA-Leti bonded to their wafer was a test vehicle, which records information to evaluate electrical connections.
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Alex Music,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
He was also seen on video at least once selling wiring at the scrapyard, Shihata added, and the company’s business records document payments to Bacchus.
—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
However, this year, the report also records a decline in revenue for the first time since Colorado and Washington started to sell legal recreational cannabis in 2014.
—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Drag City just reissued the two Squirrel Bait records.
—
Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
25 June 2026
Rollerena’s archive, recently published by Reveal Digital as part of its HIV, AIDS, and the Arts collection, records the evolution of Rollerena as a public self.
—
Emilie Hardman,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2026
All but three of the violations were eventually deleted after the company contested them and an administrative judge made a ruling on the matter, agency records state.
—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
That lines up with data from plague outbreaks thousands of years later in London, when parish records document local children bearing the brunt of the plague’s death toll.
—
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for records
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Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.
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The Southern Sinagua people, hardy folk who lived in the area from about 1150 to around 1400, drew them to mark major happenings in their world, keep chronologies of celestial events or map out favorite Verde River hotspots.
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Many histories of invasive species concern the life-forms that have been intentionally or accidentally introduced from Europe.
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Throughout the book, Pryor asks readers to look beneath and beyond public debates and to confront the histories and experiences that give words their power.
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OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a German startup that keeps software agents working in a secure cloud after the developer who started the task logs off.
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Its streamlined, lightweight architecture tracks a daily sleep score and logs your vital metrics, using a glass display that is twice as scratch-resistant as that of previous models.
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The pact lists several standards for data center developments.
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For each ingredient, the site lists a short description, other foods or beverages that use it, and whether it is authorized for use by food safety regulators, including the Food and Drug Administration, the European Food Safety Authority, and Health Canada.
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Savings accounts make people better savers The ESI estimates that some 22 million Americans are eligible for emergency savings accounts as a workplace benefit.
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Oil prices fell on the news of progress, but uncertainty over the status of the Strait of Hormuz — Iran and the US gave conflicting accounts over whether the key waterway was open over the weekend — may have slowed traffic again, The New York Times reported.
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There have been no US casualties or major damage to the facilities, Reuters reports, citing a US official.
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The average taxpayer who telephoned the IRS during tax season this year spent 14 minutes on hold, the advocate reports.
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Having spent more than 30 years in the makeup industry, founder and makeup artist Jung Saem Mool knows great makeup starts long before foundation enters the picture.
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At the same moment Joel’s SUV enters the intersection on red, an eastbound Cadillac Escalade approaches on green and the two vehicles collide.
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As a coastal town shaped by generations of immigrants, Half Moon Bay now has a new art display that serves as a reminder of the people and stories that continue to define the community.
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The board was also expected to vote Friday on a new social studies curriculum that links Bible stories with American history.
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