registering

present participle of register
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as in entering
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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Recent Examples of registering Hundreds of former fighters are registering for a program to return to civilian life, even as some fear retaliation and the TPLF urges its forces to keep fighting. — Khaled Kazziha, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 The administration said the measure was intended to strengthen election integrity and prevent noncitizens from registering or voting. — Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 Companies registering for the 2026-27 cycle do not have to submit product supply or volume figures. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Watkins left office after one term mired in controversy, and facing criminal charges for listing his home address as a UPS store when registering to vote. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 In South Dakota, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a new law that includes requiring voters registering for the first time to present the most common forms of ID — driver's licenses, Tribal IDs and non-driver state IDs. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 By registering ducks, users can help build a link between the person who placed one and the person who discovers it. — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 American breeders began registering Holstein pedigrees and maintaining herdbooks in the 1800s. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 This changes the capacitance of the two capacitive pads beneath it, registering an input. — ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for registering
Verb
  • Construction is expected to begin next year, with the university enrolling its first students in 2028.
    — Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Cancer centers need to screen every patient for food insecurity, with on-site help enrolling in SNAP and filing exemption forms.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • It's been six years since work for many moved home during the Covid-19 pandemic, opening the possibilities of logging hours anytime and anywhere there's Wi-Fi.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Brady Tkachuk ended his six-game goal-less drought to begin his Florida Panthers career by logging a natural hat trick on Tuesday, scoring three consecutive goals in an eventual 7-3 road win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The research fellow also argued that the additional Russian diesel entering global markets is not sufficient to produce a noticeable reduction in consumer fuel prices in the short term.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Upon entering the school building, Krantz said, officers confirmed that the suspect was dead and found the four other people who died from their injuries, and their families have been notified.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Here is something worth knowing about the category called rare disease.
    — Miranda Pappas, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Those details sketch an almost perfect outline of the experiences of Aleysha Ortiz, who graduated from Hartford Public Schools in 2024 without knowing how to read.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After recording a safety, K-State accepted the football and marched 41 yards in eight plays, but had to settle for a 28-yard field goal by Rodriguez.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In Meta’s case, creepy video-recording incidents and privacy-light tampering have caused severe headaches for the company.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The lone listing on the Pistons’ injury report is Taurean Prince listed as probable (personal reasons).
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Dell has also given Hopeworks access to an AI tool that allows job seekers to upload a job listing and get feedback to improve their resume and prepare for a mock interview.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Bahdanau was working with artificial neural networks, which had already shown promise in pattern-recognition tasks such as deciphering handwriting and identifying objects in photos.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In addition to developing better medicines or perfumes, deciphering the mirror images of molecules can help scientists understand the chemical architecture of life, said chemist Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • So, instead, Barr begins transcribing Dava’s work—but transcribing turns into editing, and editing into claiming.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • 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

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“Registering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/registering. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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