reports 1 of 2

plural of report

reports

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of report

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of reports
Noun
Now that the ice has been broken, there have been reports the company had struggled with changes to the itinerary. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026 Reducing the human bottleneck in AI automation DeepSeek argues that the growing capabilities of AI models have enabled agents to automate tasks ranging from managing calendars and drafting emails to preparing reports and writing software. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026 Since it was sequestered, Tuscan taxpayers have paid more than $15 million for the skeleton crew, some of whom are British and others Russian, which switches out several times a year, according to local press reports. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026 There were no reports of people injured or killed who were on the ground. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026 By the early 1930s, 29 hot-type machines pressed reports sent by correspondents around the world. — Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026 Available reports have not established whether the closure was related to the incident. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 31 Oct. 2026 As part of the new deal, the Louvre pledged to hire 50 new security personnel in 2027, or about 100 new hires in total by 2028, according to Le Quotidien de l’Art and other French reports. — Devorah Lauter For Artnews, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026 Long presented the results at the 2026 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Madrid last Saturday, confirming earlier press reports and supporting previous trials on the treatment’s benefits. — Mike McRae 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
The Wall Street Journal reports that the ship's launch was delayed at the beginning because the boat needed repairs. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026 Nearly 8 in 10 first-year applicants for undergraduate admission to public and 7 in 10 to private colleges and universities get in, the National Association for College Admission Counseling, or NACAC, reports. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026 HeadCount, a nonpartisan organization that works to get people to vote, reports that its partnership with Styles during his historic 30-date Madison Square Garden residency resulted in 108,061 voter actions and 33,284 new voter registrations. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026 The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, is planning to downgrade its assessment of the money laundering and terrorist financing threat posed by the art trade, the Financial Times reports. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 Tapestry, the parent of Coach and Kate Spade, also reports Thursday. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026 Gas prices in Michigan are down 28 cents from a week ago, AAA-The Auto Club Group reports. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 The Cornell and University of Chicago cases emerged just as colleges released their annual Clery Act security reports at the start of October. — Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 The move is meant to counter return scams and reduce unusable inventory, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reports
Noun
  • However, South Korean Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul has said the location of last month's mine blasts was not in a disputed area.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Trump blasts ban as NYC votes to end 170-year horse carriage tradition.
    — , FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Harmless stories, dangerous behavior Some datasets explored seemingly ordinary subjects, including beekeeping, professional wrestling, and historical public-health cases.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Pedestrians can peer down through a 2- to 3-foot-wide crevice and see stories down to the railroad tracks.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But beauty is a highly emotional, high-trust consumer vertical, unlike tech and gaming, which have historically more utilitarian reputations.
    — Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But the reputations of tech companies and their leaders have suffered, creating a barrier to the deep trust required for these essential sectors.
    — Jeffrey I. Cole, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The company describes its structure as an inverted pyramid, with store workers at the top.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Meta describes this option as permanently deleting chat history, stored files and active tasks.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Social Security numbers are matched with Social Security Administration records.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • It was filed three days later, according to Texas Ethics Commission records.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Almost every night in Riyadh brings the bass-drum booms and thuds of interceptors launching to destroy incoming projectiles.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • But in booms of the past, small and midsize drillers would have jumped to cash in.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Review your financial accounts regularly Check your bank statements, investment accounts, retirement accounts and payment apps for unfamiliar transactions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Early accounts of grassroots democracy in India describe how higher-caste landowners controlled the votes of their lower-caste dependents, sometimes even marking ballots that the voters had to authenticate with their thumbprints.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That kind of multiple demands absolute perfection, and recent weeks have shown exactly what happens to heavily weighted tech names that fail to deliver a flawless quarter, Alphabet and Amazon among them.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Companies with nearly identical names were later incorporated in Slovakia, where business records list Dorofeyeva as the sole or co-owner.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

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