Definition of recordnext
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
Notable franchise records • Dak Prescott is six touchdown passes away from passing Tony Romo to become the Dallas Cowboys career leader in passing touchdowns. Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 China’s grain output reached a record 715 million tons in 2025, while national plans call for increasing comprehensive grain production capacity to about 725 million tons by 2030. Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
The question is rarely whether the conversation was recorded. Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Daily ice output varies widely, from the roughly 34 pounds Good Housekeeping recorded on the smaller Cowsar to the up to 44 pounds Men’s Health cited for the Newair. Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for record
Recent Examples of Synonyms for record
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
  • The beloved star also acknowledged the challenges of fitting eight decades of life into a stage musical, explaining that the creative team sometimes had to adjust the chronology while remaining true to her story.
    Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Djeneba N'Diaye also had 19 points for Mali, which is now 2-10 in its World Cup history.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The Boot Bowl rivalry, which began in 2012, doesn’t have the longest history, but for fans in Burleson, few events bring the town together quite like it.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Piping every metric and log line through a large model can rebuild the waste it was meant to remove.
    Devendra Rajput, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In the second quarter of fiscal 2027, for instance, the retailer logged its eighth straight quarter of positive comparable-store sales, with a 2 percent gain.
    Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Order could reshape federal wolf protections Gray wolves were first listed as endangered in 1967 after populations declined because of hunting and other human activities.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Freedom, the Second Amendment, the greatest military in the history of the world, gorgeous nature from coast to coast, cheap domestic light beer and other examples that would take me a month to list.
    David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • All those training camp practice reports are last month’s news.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Bridgespan’s report finds that families in middle-income countries are more likely to administer their own programs than those in higher-income countries.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The diaries of the novelist Andrey Kurkov (collected into three volumes thus far) provide a rich chronicle of Ukrainians’ evolving responses to their extraordinary circumstances.
    Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The movie is also a chronicle of the degradation of what passes for news reporting; Sun staffers are told that every murder, rape or theft has to be written up like a thriller.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Related Inspiration pinged, and Kay, the English musician born Jason Luís Cheetham, went back inside and transcribed the lyrics forming in his head onto hotel stationery.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
  • For buyers, key features include voice notes transcribed in real time, optical character recognition technology that reads the article number, composition, weight, and wash code from hang tag, and the ability to create mood boards and more.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Career rushing yards • Ravens running back Derrick Henry entered the top-10 on the career rushing list last season.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Both rebounded last week with wins, but only one will enter conference play with a winning record.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Record.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/record. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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