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noun

plural of record
1
as in chronologies
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened the town paper published a record of the debate, as well as a synopsis of each candidate's stance on the major questions

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Relevance
2
as in annals
an account of important events in the order in which they happened historical records on the rise of the Roman Empire are plentiful

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records

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verb

present tense third-person singular of record
1
as in logs
to make a written note of the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference

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2
as in lists
to put (someone or something) on a list he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered

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Recent Examples of records
Noun
Police charged 52-year-old Mooresville resident Rod Moskowitz with assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, court records show. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026 The agents seized records and electronic devices, looking for evidence of unspecified criminal behavior. — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 But Douglas Herlihy consistently denied any involvement in the killing of his father to family, court records show. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 The opposite is true of Kane, who has been breaking goalscoring records in Germany and winning titles with Bayern Munich. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 The 2026 Annual Report from the London Register of Subsurface CO₂ Storage covered 70 projects across 17 countries on six continents, providing one of the most comprehensive records of global geological CO₂ storage. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 And this is the same period that Frank Sinatra was recording records of Rod McKuen songs. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026 An online database of campaign finance records show the other candidates, Payne, Irwin and Cabrera, have not received campaign contributions. — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Child welfare agents said abuse may have occurred, but the perpetrator was unknown, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post. — Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
Eric Bauza, the Emmy Award-winning voice actor behind Looney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, died Sunday at his home as a result of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner records. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026 Updating the job description records the new responsibilities. — Dr. Jay R. Harrison, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Camera footage showed that Lopez’s truck approached the stale green light at 165th Street at a high rate of speed, which changed to yellow as the truck went through the intersection, court records state. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 State court records online show that from 1996 through 2016, Marshall or his practice filed at least 700 debt-collection lawsuits, occasionally 10 or more a day. — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 If built out fully, the facility would total about 630,000 square feet and have office, processing and records storage space, according to application documents. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026 Lemley has practiced medicine for 14 years, 10 of those in Texas, according to Texas Medical Board records. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026 The boy’s mother, who was in a dating relationship with Clark, tried to intervene, but Clark allegedly struck her with the chair, too, court records state. — Tanya Babbar, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026 The system records license plates and vehicle characteristics, allowing police departments to search for vehicles that may be connected to criminal investigations. — Gino Vicci, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for records
  1. chronologies
  2. histories
  3. logs
  4. lists
  5. accounts
  6. reports
  7. enters
  8. stories
Noun
  • One of the best actors working today, Coon essentially plays two different sides of Rita with astonishing range across these chronologies, portraying the past and the present of her character through distinctive markers.
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • And so those chronologies are really important for me in each one of these investigations.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of chronologies
Noun
  • To see if those different histories made the monkeys more germophobic, the researchers presented individuals with two tasty treats — grapes.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The duo shared an apartment and both had extensive criminal histories, including theft and financial scams, across various states.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of histories
Verb
  • Every user who logs in is a user whose account the fraudsters now own.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In late August, Luke Agada logs onto Zoom from his studio in Chicago, with two new paintings of surreal domestic landscapes mounted on the wall behind him.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of logs
Verb
  • Cleveland Clinic lists a long slate of possible benefits ranging from lower blood pressure and improved oxygen levels to reduced snoring, better dry mouth and improved bad breath.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In its November issue, Food & Wine magazine lists Francesco Martucci in Wynwood as one of the 27 Best Pizzas in America.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of lists
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
Definition of accounts
Verb
  • 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
Definition of reports
Verb
  • The Sun enters your 12th House, drawing your attention toward rest, reflection, privacy, unfinished matters, and everything easier to hear when the outside world becomes less demanding.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The company enters a specialized market with a domestic supply problem.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of enters
Noun
  • In the 2021 Senate runoff elections in Georgia, this writer did a number of stories following forecasts by Thomas Miller, a prominent data scientist who’s a professor at Northwestern University.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Yet neither of these stories fits the timing or scale of the decline.
    — J. Travis Donahoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of stories

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“Records.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/records. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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