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verb

past tense of record
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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
Drawing on home movies, street-protest footage, newspapers, sketches, photographs, and recorded voices, Ahangarani intertwines her life story with more than four decades of political upheaval. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 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
Verb
The goal was to recapture the way music was recorded decades ago, bringing musicians together to play live, with large instrumental ensembles that, in some tracks, involved more than 90 musicians. — Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 The figures exclude any outing that was not recorded and uploaded to the app, and neither the Strava data nor the Virginia Tech estimates capture the full range of people who use Ohio Drive. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026 Each item is individually photographed, tested, and weighed, with the information recorded as part of the customer’s inventory. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 Those were among the comments that came to light last year after an LAPD whistleblower secretly recorded his colleagues in a unit that screens police recruits. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 For years, his research has documented rapid ice loss, with the decline peaking in 2022, when Switzerland recorded a record 6% loss in a single year. — Imogen Foulkes, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 That’s while the box office is enjoying its biggest year since the onset of COVID, fueled by the best summer season ever recorded. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 Sound engineer Huw Richards, whom the band employed from the release of their 1994 debut until 2001, recorded the show. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026 Statesville recorded nearly 3 inches of rain in the past 24 hours, the USGS said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recorded
Adjective
  • On Thursday evening, detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force conducted a compliance check at Edwards’ registered address in Gold River, authorities said.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • El Dorado Transit has logged more than 8,300 trips in July on its commuter bus, which is much higher than the 5,600 in July 2025, planning and marketing manager Erik Bergren said.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Offensive line Among the 17 players who logged snaps on offense, PFF rated Aaron Brewer fourth, Patrick Paul fifth, Kadyn Proctor ninth, Jonah Savaiinaea 11th and Austin Jackson 13th.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The two entered a room full of mathematicians who were well supplied with lunch, snacks, and coffee and got to work.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Eric Evans, a six-year employee of the police department, entered a guilty plea Wednesday for five misdemeanor charges of misconduct.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 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
  • Their marketing falsely listed SpaceX and xAI as holdings, the SEC claims, when the funds never held investments in those companies.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Tyriq Green, Marcus Harrison and Amaris Williams are all listed as out for Saturday’s game.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • As previously reported, the Laneway shows in Perth and Adelaide have been scaled back and will go ahead as sideshows.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Court records show that Jang reported McKinsey to police in 2023, accusing him of shoving one of their children and using rough physical discipline with them generally.
    — TERRY CHEA, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This week is the last that the Senate is scheduled to be in session before Election Day.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The aircraft, an Embraer 175, was scheduled to land at El Paso International Airport about two hours later.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Private jet owners do pay other taxes and fees, including fuel taxes and landing charges, but Crabbe noted private jets still use the same infrastructure.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Stuhlbarg noted a lot of trial and error before arriving at the version of the movie that made it to the screen.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Recorded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recorded. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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