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as in chronologies
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
the town paper published a record of the debate, as well as a synopsis of each candidate's stance on the major questions
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as in annals
an account of important events in the order in which they happened
historical records on the rise of the Roman Empire are plentiful
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as in logs
to make a written note of
the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference
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as in lists
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 records
Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 5 June 2026
Jones is additionally charged with two counts of obstructing justice, and Dowling is charged with 14 additional counts of tampering with records.
—ABC News, 4 June 2026
Through mostly in-kind donations of gold and silver coins, Gleason and his companies have given about $36,000 to the Idaho Republican Party and county central committees throughout the state since 2020, Idaho secretary of state records showed.
—Kevin Fixler
june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
Court records show Hyer and Whiten had been married to other people, but were both divorced at the time of their deaths.
—Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 4 June 2026
The Obama center is not a presidential library — the administration’s records remain at the National Archives in Maryland.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
In the American League, five teams have winning records.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Butler registered as a Republican in April 2025 and voted in the Republican primary in 2024, according to county voter registration records.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Andrew Rice, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Both flagged, records one click away.
—Vinay Bhaskara, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
During the last week of February, multiple varieties of lettuce were growing in rows of indoor hydroponic towers, each carefully tracked and rotated through a system that records planting dates, harvest times and yields.
—Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
A little more than a month earlier, records state Spencer choked, hit, and threatened to kill his wife after questioning her about withdrawing money from a bank for their painting business.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Did Johnson really say each of these things exactly in the polished, fine form that Boswell records them?
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
A little more than a month earlier, records state Spencer choked, hit, and threatened to kill his wife after questioning her about withdrawing money from a bank for their painting business.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
Samuelson is paralyzed from the chest down, court records state.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Josh Beckett of the Dodgers records the first no-hitter of the year by blanking the Phillies, 6-0.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
Noun
She is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on bonds totaling $180,000, jail records show.
—Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 5 June 2026
Jones is additionally charged with two counts of obstructing justice, and Dowling is charged with 14 additional counts of tampering with records.
—ABC News, 4 June 2026
Through mostly in-kind donations of gold and silver coins, Gleason and his companies have given about $36,000 to the Idaho Republican Party and county central committees throughout the state since 2020, Idaho secretary of state records showed.
—Kevin Fixler
june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
Court records show Hyer and Whiten had been married to other people, but were both divorced at the time of their deaths.
—Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 4 June 2026
The Obama center is not a presidential library — the administration’s records remain at the National Archives in Maryland.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
In the American League, five teams have winning records.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Butler registered as a Republican in April 2025 and voted in the Republican primary in 2024, according to county voter registration records.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Verb
The documentary records how Spithill was pushed aside as Buckley and his wealthy co-partner, Ryan McKillen, the founding engineer and employee #3 at Uber, took over the reins in November 2023 and opted for their All-American strategy, in which there would be no place for Spithill.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Both flagged, records one click away.
—Vinay Bhaskara, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
During the last week of February, multiple varieties of lettuce were growing in rows of indoor hydroponic towers, each carefully tracked and rotated through a system that records planting dates, harvest times and yields.
—Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
A little more than a month earlier, records state Spencer choked, hit, and threatened to kill his wife after questioning her about withdrawing money from a bank for their painting business.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Did Johnson really say each of these things exactly in the polished, fine form that Boswell records them?
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
A little more than a month earlier, records state Spencer choked, hit, and threatened to kill his wife after questioning her about withdrawing money from a bank for their painting business.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
Samuelson is paralyzed from the chest down, court records state.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Josh Beckett of the Dodgers records the first no-hitter of the year by blanking the Phillies, 6-0.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for records
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Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Southern Sinagua people, hardy folk who lived in the area from about 1150 to around 1400, drew them to mark major happenings in their world, keep chronologies of celestial events or map out favorite Verde River hotspots.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Before an agent takes an action, the platform checks who requested it, what permissions apply and whether the action is allowed, then logs it.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Jankowski, Carrier and Robinson have emerged as a fairly rare commodity; a physical, play-driving fourth line that logs high-leverage minutes in postseason games.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Verb
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His biography on the FHFA site lists career experience in housing and philanthropy, but none in intelligence.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology lists Proctor as an assistant teaching professor.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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The height of neoliberalism brought about an almost universal shift in art toward the global, away from the specifics of individual places, their histories, people, and physical locations.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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According to Easter, each of the 33 cocktails on the menu leverages a bottle with a story behind it, and the staff is prepared to regale you with their histories.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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This area, the company reports, the site has direct access to Lake Erie and the Great Lakes shipping corridor, multi-line CN rail connectivity and an existing on-site substation.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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He was then flown out by helicopter to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, the rescue squad reports.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
31 May 2026
Verb
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Scorsese’s endorsement of Black Forest Labs comes as Hollywood enters a new wave of AI adoption.—
Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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An exasperated Tomás enters the thicket himself to retrieve, among other items, Liam’s boot, and doesn’t emerge until the next day—not screaming, but fundamentally changed.—
Nora Biette-Timmons,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Users often underestimate the portability of their digital identity and ownership of machine identities and accounts.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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In a loss, OpenAI could face pressure to implement remedies like age-gating free ChatGPT accounts to protect kids, shutting down conversations that discuss violence and suicide, and removing features that the state says deceptively make ChatGPT feel like talking to a human.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Jean notes that the country’s chances of qualifying for the World Cup had been statistically low, while Italy — widely expected to qualify — did not.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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Success, Podsednik notes, extends beyond attendance numbers.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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“Records.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/records. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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