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 Federal authorities on Monday charged more than two dozen legal permanent residents in California in a crackdown on people accused of illegally voting or registering to do so. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 Hilton doesn’t engage in voter fraud allegations Federal authorities this week charged 28 people in California with illegally registering and casting ballots as part of a broader fight to exert more control over elections, which are run by states. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 The letters on Friday came on the heels of a statewide sweep by federal authorities on Monday, where 28 people from the list of 20,000 were charged with illegally registering to vote. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Kansas actually had a decrease in voters registering with the Libertarian Party, with 339 fewer people compared to 2022. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 The pass rush has been functional, registering 22 sacks, good for top eight in the country. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 One of the 28 people facing federal charges, Vacaville resident Giezell Viduya Adawag, is accused of registering and voting in the 2024 elections despite not being a citizen. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 22 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
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
  • For decades, junior accountants learned their trade by reconciling accounts, manually entering data, and grinding through the month-end close.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Surveillance video showed two of the men entering the bedroom.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 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
  • That gave the team two rookie starters in a home opener for the first time since the NBA began recording starters in 1970-71.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Saadi stayed on call as Rahbani’s in-house bassist, and Rahbani would return the favor by recording Saadi’s personal projects.
    — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 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
  • There are even more features on here, like converting audio to MIDI and transcribing your playing into tablature.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • 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

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“Registering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/registering. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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