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verb

past tense of record
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as in entered
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 recorded
Adjective
The strongest El Niño event in recorded is history is likely by most if not all metrics, including the Relative Oceanic Niño Index, which accounts for climate change induced warming in the calculations. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026 The Grammy winner, who died in August at 80, appeared in a pre-recorded video to accept the award. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026 Dolly Parton posthumously accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Honors & Awards, with a pre-recorded video message played at the ceremony Wednesday night. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 The film draws on previously unheard recorded conversations between Pratt and his biographer, Dominique Petitfaux, whose book of interviews with the artist supplies the film’s title. — Jd Linville, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 The park told the outlet that a veterinarian examined the tortoise after the recorded incident and found it in good health. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 The special defeated Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show in the pre-recorded variety special category, leaving Swift without a win from her five Night One nominations. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2026 Fowlkes spoke to employees, who said during a recorded conversation that company higher-ups have told them to blast the music. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The interview was intended to remain confidential, but the recorded interview was admitted at trial after Davis repeated the details in a BET docuseries, other media interviews, and his memoir, Compton Street Legend. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
The shooting is the latest in a series of mass killings in South Africa, where police recorded 5,427 homicides during a recent three-month period. — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 The conversations are already recorded and transcribed, so the more durable approach is to read the record instead of relying on memory. — Snehal Nimje, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 In keeping with the film’s racial disparity theme, these singers reimagine songs recorded by legendary artists that symbolize the sound and spirit of the ‘60s. — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026 The team recorded podcasts and chef roundtables and filmed dishes for Plates, a video format developed with American Express and Resy. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 Spain has also recorded strong growth in film and co-production volumes in recent years, according to European Audiovisual Observatory data, reinforcing its position as both a domestic production hub and an international filming destination. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026 Statesville recorded nearly 3 inches of rain in the past 24 hours, the USGS said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026 The Back To Black 20 show will also be recorded for broadcast. — Nick Reilly, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026 Later that day, Triunfel returned to the apartment and disabled a security camera that had recorded the crime, the complaint states. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recorded
Adjective
  • The case highlights the importance of mail delivery in Utah, where all active registered voters currently receive ballots automatically.
    — Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The liberal Yabloko party, the only registered political entity that dared to publicly criticize the war, was removed from the ballot last month by Russia’s Supreme Court, and only had a few dozen candidates in the single-seat races.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But while the market logged a winning day on almost all fronts, an alarming trend not seen since 1999 was happening under the surface, CNBC's Sean Conlon writes.
    — CJ Haddad, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Then check whether the professional development hours logged for special education, ESL and CTE staff actually matched what those teachers teach.
    — Kellie Lauth, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The men entered the home with guns, found no drugs and fatally shot the three residents, who lived just across the street from Norman, the records show.
    — MICHAEL GRACZYK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Ruby has entered a world in which every object is also an exam.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The conversations are already recorded and transcribed, so the more durable approach is to read the record instead of relying on memory.
    — Snehal Nimje, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Liberated from the genome, the sequence in the RNA copy is then reverse-transcribed into DNA at a different location.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Other contributing factors listed on the website include out-of-district tuition and out-of-district transportation spending.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Netanyahu listed Mamdani’s rapport with streamer Hasan Piker, his hosting of a Palestinian journalist at Gracie Mansion and posts the mayor’s wife liked on social media as proof the mayor is antisemitic.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Personality change is the number one sign reported by families, Nowinski says.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In June, The Times of London reported that private schools throughout the UK have lost 30,000 pupils since January 2025, and about 100 independent schools have closed entirely.
    — Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On the day of Kirk’s murder, Fisher was scheduled to work in the school’s criminal-defense clinic, which enlists law students to serve as public defenders in Lubbock County.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • He's being held in the Allegheny County Jail with a preliminary hearing scheduled for the end of the month.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit assisting in government worker recruitment, noted in a report released last month many agencies have or are looking to backfill more than 20,000 roles left vacant from the program.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The jury noted the film, which had its world premiere at Oldenburg, was made without a budget and praised the resourcefulness that constraint produced, comparing its tone to the irreverence of 1990s comedies.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Recorded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recorded. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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