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as in to enroll
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member
please register me for the yoga class
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2
as in to log
to make a written note of
the management registered her complaint in their log and promised to get back to her in a week
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as in to enter
to put (someone or something) on a list
I have to register my new car when I renew my driver's license
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as in to understand
to have a clear idea of
I'm not registering what you're saying
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as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
ask the county register for a copy of your birth certificate
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as in list
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system
check the voter register to see if it has my current party affiliation
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David Ornstein, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Advertisement The opening match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar registered a global reach of over 550 million, according to FIFA, so the pressure for the host countries to put their best foot forward is high.
—Time Staff, Time, 29 May 2026
Rafael Pimentel Pinto, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The robbers made off with an unspecified amount of money from the register, and fled north on the nearby residential Campbell Avenue, police said.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Verb
Senesi joined Bournemouth in 2022 and has made 128 appearances across the four seasons, registering six goals and ten assists.
—David Ornstein, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Advertisement The opening match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar registered a global reach of over 550 million, according to FIFA, so the pressure for the host countries to put their best foot forward is high.
—Time Staff, Time, 29 May 2026
Noun
The string quartet works because four people each carry one role and the difference between the physics of each instrument provides a wide range of sound that covers most of the human ear’s musical range, from the cello’s low register to the violin’s high one.
—Rafael Pimentel Pinto, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The robbers made off with an unspecified amount of money from the register, and fled north on the nearby residential Campbell Avenue, police said.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Last year, a university in southern China launched a specialized barbecue school to train grilling experts for the booming night food economy, enrolling only 30 students from more than 4,000 applicants — an acceptance ratio that rivals those of some of China’s most elite university programs.—
Erin Tan,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
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Eventually, Willow hopes to enroll in the theater program at either Carnegie Mellon University or the University of Michigan.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Lula, on track for reelection in October polls, vowed to stem deforestation after logging soared under his rightist predecessor, who sought to curry favor with Brazil’s powerful farming firms.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
1 June 2026
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Star winger Matthew Tkachuk played for the United States, logging seven points (four goals, three assists) in five games.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
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Nowhere is this perhaps clearer than in her first book, published in 1941, just as the United States entered World War II.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Ramaphosa said Sunday that around 450,000 people trying to enter South Africa without documents had been stopped at the border in the last year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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It is being built here, in MDC’s classrooms by an institution that understood early on that the city’s greatest competitive advantage was always the people already living in it.—
Miami Dade College,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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This suggests that buyers are increasingly narrowing down their talent searches to specialists that understand the unique peculiarities and context windows that come attached to different coding tools, with Anthropic’s Claude being the most popular.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Jesse Salinas, Yolo County’s registrar of voters and the current president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials, said the state’s elections are secure and transparent.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2026
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The registrar’s office said Wednesday there are nearly 271,000 ballots left to be counted.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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Some of the folks on this list are preserving history, like Barry McNeal, a historical content expert at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Overall, Watts ranks second on the league list with 32 career goals.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Escobar recorded the final out in the seventh on a strikeout to strand the tying and go-ahead runs on first and second base.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Wrobleski recorded a ninth strikeout, for the second out of the sixth, before surrendering a hit.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Videos of climbers waiting in long queues in an area known as the death zone – where the air is too thin to breathe unaided for long – on their way to the summit have once again made headlines, alongside record-breaking ascents from both Nepali and foreign climbers.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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The way Daniel and Jackie get to know each other feels more authentic than genuine, navigating playful bonding moments as well as their own personal hang-ups.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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