How to Use registry in a Sentence

registry

noun
  • Next to the registry were two cups, one for clean pens – and one for dirty pens.
    — cincinnati.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The registry is the first of its kind in the country.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Going off registry is a bold choice.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
  • This brings the actor’s movies to a count of eight in the registry.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
  • That means backing up the registry first.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • That registry may take the form of an app, a card, or a website.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Half a dozen silent films were added to the registry, more than usual.
    — Neda Ulaby, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
  • It is known, the registry says, as the first student film on record.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Who could oppose such a registry?
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
  • But in recent years, the home goods chain’s lead in registries had slipped.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • The registry shows a list of songs that will appear on the album.
    — NBC News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • People may list themselves as safe or search the registry here.
    — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The stem cells from both are saved in storage until there is a registry match.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Sheinbaum has vowed to not purge people from the registry.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The process for signing up to be a stem cell plant donor is just a cheek swab that is sent off to a registry.
    — Mike Hutton, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The hope is that the registry will produce answers that have been elusive.
    — Larry Lage, Star Tribune, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Miss Manners does not wish to live in a world in which the registry bullies win.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
  • Some other gifts are on their way from our online registry but haven’t arrived yet.
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Krawiec says that’s one off-registry option that’s always a safe bet.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Some of that may have changed as a result of the Luxembourg registry.
    — Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • This year’s picks bring the total number of films in the registry to 825.
    — Jonathan Landrum Jr., Time, 14 Dec. 2021
  • All of the trademarks were then entered in the registry the following year.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Gift of Life uses funds raised to add new donors to the worldwide bone marrow registry.
    — Mary Lou Cruz, sun-sentinel.com, 21 May 2021
  • That is not what Connecticut’s registry is.
    — James R Mason, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • Ideally, the registry would be linked to the use of long-term care services and supports.
    — Jason Karlawish, STAT, 6 Oct. 2022
  • My husband gave another gift from their registry.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Below, check out the bath towels worth adding to your baby registry or your next shopping haul.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026
  • In the city registry, his family was listed as Black.
    — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the people building divorce and breakup registries are women.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And breast cancer rates dropped in every cancer registry in the world that was looking at it over the next few years.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 23 May 2026

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