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Definition of registernext
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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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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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noun (1)

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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Recent Examples of register
Verb
Once registered with the OCC, a qualifying provider could operate nationwide under a single federal framework and apply for direct access to Fedwire, FedNow and FedACH, rather than through a sponsor bank. Dimitri Akhrin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Tickets for Oasis Live ‘27 will be available only to fans who have registered in advance via the band’s website. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
The film plays with their different registers and has multiple echoes from other films. Roberto Prieto, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Though Carter’s professional body of work is rooted in the here and now, his personal photographs function in a different register. Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for register
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Verb
  • The lawsuit also claims the Lynwood Unified School District, where two of Isaiah’s siblings were allegedly enrolled, failed to investigate the fact that Isaiah was not enrolled in school.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The school enrolls about 330 students in pre-K through fifth grade, according to district data.
    Samuel O’Neal September 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • Singapore this month launched a novel five-year national campaign to nurture reading habits, with incentives including small payments to citizens who log their reading minutes on a government website.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
  • There will presumably be some level of internal competition for top-line ice time, although both Lawrence and Malhotra will likely log first-unit power-play time.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of the crisis center, told Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT that the drone most likely entered from Belarus.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Here are four rules leaders should consider as reputation management enters this new era.
    Evan Nierman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • People with brain damage can lose the ability to understand or speak words yet still do math, play chess and compose music.
    George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • New York already understands the importance of making its cultural life more accessible, and Mayor Mamdani’s recent TDF initiative to give free tickets to high schoolers offers one model.
    Brian Beirne, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
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  • Clint Curtis, the Shasta County registrar of voters, wanted to hire Tina Peters, who served prison time for tampering with voting machines in Colorado.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Cole is King’s manager, communications director, and registrar.
    Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • For years, Connecticut’s position atop the list of states with the priciest electric bills has served as an election-year mantra for Republicans and other critics of the state’s climate-conscious energy strategy.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Even more surprising is the list of prominent customers with delinquent accounts.
    Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Wildcats defense came up big on Colorado’s fourth drive when Brus recorded a tackle for a loss on fourth-and-2 at the NU 27.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • That’s exactly what happened when Forrest Purdy and his two daughters came across the rapper on their way into Sheeran’s concert and began recording his performance on their phones.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2026
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  • Vasil didn’t know what his teammates were planning and was clearly touched by the display of support.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion was likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban, formally known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Register.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/register. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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