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
  • Additionally, enrolling in a high-deductible plan may make less financial sense for people who need frequent care and who use their health insurance often, or those who don't have enough money to meet their annual deductible, McClanahan said.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
  • But our pop culture narrative about who goes to college hasn’t kept pace with who is actually enrolling.
    — Ruth Bauer, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Larsson also left Saturday’s exhibition early after logging 24 minutes against the Timberwolves due to lingering effects of the illness.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • But as the natural resource economy changed and the logging industry shrank, mills closed and jobs vanished.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 11 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
  • In other words, knowing how ads prompt purchase decisions is even more of a brass ring than ever.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Feels like groundhog day to be back here knowing what the problem is and also knowing that the front office probably can't do anything about it.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 15 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
  • Corporate records show a Cambodian firm by that name, listing both Chen Zhi and Chen Sokly as chairmen.
    — Isabel Vincent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Supreme Court application remained pending Friday, with the docket listing the family’s reply but no ruling.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 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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