recording

Definition of recordingnext
present participle of record
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as in entering
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 recording Now, that question has become the central battleground in landmark lawsuits between publishers, studios and recording companies against artificial intelligence companies over large language models. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 Central was able to retaliate, as running back Jerry Dillard pushed his way to the end zone, recording a 2-yard score, to cap a 15-play, 65-yard drive. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026 The 5-foot-11 defensive back was a key figure for the Coyotes in 2025, recording 94 total tackles, including a team-high 45 solo tackles. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026 Then the Taoyuan District Court sentenced him to five months in jail and fined him roughly $4,700 for recording private activity without consent. Jihun Joun, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 Instead of recording individual lines over and over, Skye sang the song from top to bottom. Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026 Folsom began recording in the early ’70s on a Sears reel-to-reel, eventually bringing the songs to Atlanta’s LeFevre Studios for a fuller studio treatment with engineer Stan Dacus. Spin Staff, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2026 Northern Illinois drops after not recording a first down at Iowa until late in the third quarter against the Hawkeyes' third-string defense. Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Reliever Seth Halvorsen gave up three hits without recording an out in the ninth, but the Dodgers had built up enough of a lead to weather a Washington (67-76) comeback attempt. Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
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Verb
  • Out of those three players, Zizic played the most for the Cavs, logging 113 games over three seasons.
    Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Of those, 6,100 volunteers protected 440 synagogues and nearly 100 Jewish events, logging more than 300,000 guard hours across 24 states.
    Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The smart glasses users, some in California, allege the gadget captured footage of themselves and family members undressing, going to the bathroom, having sex and entering passwords.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Since no one reported seeing any suspicious individuals entering or leaving the Borden property that morning, police were led to believe the killer must have already been inside the home.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Today, companies can go far beyond reading comments from customers in response to surveys, or transcribing call center interactions, to analyze not just the words but the elusive sentiment and intent behind those words.
    Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • And the days are coming when AI is meaningfully involved in clinical care, beyond just transcribing our own words, and the follow-up recommendation deviates from the standard of care.
    Frances Mei Hardin, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Citibank attributed Wednesday's more than 6% drop to Mercari's announcement of the Pokémon card listing restrictions.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But the email includes an attachment listing local election laws by state that require ballots be printed in languages other than English, suggesting the administration’s intent to potentially target those jurisdictions for law enforcement actions.
    Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Areas once largely unaffected are increasingly reporting infections, reflecting a gradual expansion of the virus across the country.
    Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In 2011, Kobach was fined $5,000 by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission — KPDC’s precursor — for inaccurately reporting more than $75,000 in contributions and expenditures during the 2010 election.
    Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Many content buyers began scheduling meetings with major streamers and studios.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • This includes taking care of their own spaces and some common ones, scheduling their own appointments, and making some important ethical choices on their own.
    Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Manchin raised eyebrows by endorsing Collins against Democrat Troy Jackson, marking the second consecutive cycle Manchin has backed his former colleague.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • On Sunday, Aisling Camps kicked off the penultimate day of New York Fashion Week with a show at Bortolami Gallery in Tribeca, marking her runway debut.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And the number moved enough that the Census Bureau took the unusual step of declaring the old and new figures incomparable, creating a new time series from December 4, 2025, and filing the earlier data under historical.
    Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That has meant skaters such as Valieva have been considered eligible briefly after filing the paperwork for neutral status, only to have that status revoked soon after.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recording. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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