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verb

1
as in to log
to make a written note of the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference

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2
as in to list
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 record
Noun
The man who allegedly killed 18-year-old Morgan Hill resident Marissa DiNapoli has been charged with murder as new details emerge about the case, according to Santa Clara County court records. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 11 July 2025 Officers with the Windsor Police Department also arrested Ricciardi in April and charged him with risk of injury to a child and breach of peace after investigating similar allegations from 2023, involving a student at a previous school where Ricciardi worked, according to court records. Chris Spargo, People.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
Hamilton, mostly relegated to low-leverage situations after some early-season struggles, had the Yankees down, 2-0, before recording an out, as Matt Olson and Ronald Acuña Jr. followed Jurickson Profar’s leadoff single with RBI doubles. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025 Proud Chicagoans might recall that Chance the Rapper took advantage of the CPL Maker Lab to record his first mixtape. John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for record
Recent Examples of Synonyms for record
Noun
  • Pain, in these lines, is the enemy of story—of chronology, and maybe even of creativity itself.
    Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
  • The film unfolds in five chapters from across five years of Agnes’ life, told out of chronology.
    Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • Update, July 20, 2025: This story, originally published on July 19, has been updated with information concerning hundreds of comments from Ring doorbell users who claim that unknown devices logged into their accounts on May 28, along with the responses from Ring itself.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • The Royals logged just two hits against Quantrill, who remains undefeated against them.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • Rehabilitation of a structure called the parallel gravity line, a backup pipe that can collect overflow from the Tijuana wastewater system, is also prioritized and listed at a cost of $8.2 million.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
  • Evangeline Delgado, who is listed as the selling agent on the Zillow property listing, did not respond to a voicemail left on the phone number for her on the web page or to a contact form filled out by a reporter.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Antonia Drew Norton, founder and executive director of Asha Family Services, said the child's homicide was directly tied to the family's history of domestic violence and abuse, as documented in public records.
    Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
  • Even Game of Thrones, arguably the most successful fantasy/genre series in Emmys history, can only credit 32 of its 164 Emmy nominations across eight seasons to acting categories (and eight of them were for Peter Dinklage).
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Coddling Russia and refusing to grant Ukraine its own importance, out of deference to the fact that one was a great power and former superpower while the other was destined to live or die in its shadow, scripted a chronicle of a catastrophe foretold.
    Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
  • His latest is a departure: a chronicle of his unlikely stint playing semi-pro football in Brenham, Texas, in his sixties.
    Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Front Office Sports reports Stephanopoulos was on vacation the week of July 23, and Joe Buck is filling in as a co-anchor for GMA through Friday, July 25.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
  • In April 2025, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the operation of 467 MOD Pizza locations across the nation listed on MOD's website; as of July 2025, only 457 are listed.
    Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • Videos from the scene posted to social media showed dozens of firefighters and other emergency service personnel at the scene, entering the building and removing residents from the immediate danger.
    Shane Croucher John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
  • Celebrity status became an advantage for these public figures when entering the courtroom and facing a jury of their peers, experts told Fox News Digital.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The extensive new detention policy is also expected to face legal challenges This is a developing story.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 15 July 2025
  • Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 15 July 2025

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“Record.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/record. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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