How to Use recordkeeping in a Sentence

recordkeeping

noun
  • The land was now drier than in almost any year since recordkeeping began.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Werfel notes that this is a complex area of tax law, and recordkeeping can be challenging.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The key, of course, to keeping track of basis is excellent recordkeeping.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Poor recordkeeping led to a lack of oversight of equipment on the ground, according to the report.
    — Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • By the end of the day, McCoy wondered if our recordkeeping could keep pace with the sightings.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
  • At some prisons, the low number of requests raised questions about the bureau’s recordkeeping.
    — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Monday was likely the hottest day on Earth since modern recordkeeping began.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024
  • Again, this is because there is no reporting mechanism or recordkeeping in many third-world nations.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Standards for testing, recordkeeping, and penalties for employees who do not comply must be clear.
    — Lori Esposito Murray, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Using this approach likely would involve more recordkeeping and proof of the bank's expenses.
    — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • What was new in Strasbourg in the 13th century was not the practice but the recordkeeping.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Those amounts may be eligible for special tax breaks this year, which makes good recordkeeping more important than ever.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Last year closed with the warmest December in the history of recordkeeping.
    — Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Here’s an inside look at one of the strongest storms to ever make landfall in the Atlantic since recordkeeping began.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Photographing or recording a video of the rooms in your home and any valuable belongings is advisable as a form of recordkeeping.
    — Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The lab had no standard operating procedures, no clear chain of custody, and poor recordkeeping.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In September, the extent of sea ice was the sixth lowest in 45 years of satellite recordkeeping.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Best-practice recordkeeping retains those details, giving you the tools to follow up and build relationships.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The same reporting and recordkeeping rules that other candidates must follow apply.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • Last year was the hottest year registered globally since recordkeeping began in the mid-1800s.
    — Zoya Teirstein, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The extent of sea ice during its usual maximum in March was the lowest in 47 years of satellite recordkeeping.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Remus himself makes the lures and his wife, Kathy, handles the recordkeeping, paperwork and computer side of the business.
    — Sandy Wallace, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Our planet has just endured its hottest summer on record, with 2024 on track likewise to become the hottest year since recordkeeping began.
    — Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Trump has run up against federal requirements for recordkeeping and document storage before.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The story that scholars have put together is incomplete due to inconsistent recordkeeping, but the search to fill in the blanks is ongoing.
    — Frances MacDougall, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Metro Council has ordered a review of Louisville Metro Police’s recordkeeping process.
    — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The bigger problem was shoddy recordkeeping at Tricolor.
    — Steven Church, Bloomberg, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Crypto investors who have been keeping track of their holdings haphazardly in the past should also consider hiring a tax crypto recordkeeping provider.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The often-times casual recordkeeping tolerated under various state regimes won’t cut it.
    — Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The focus is squarely on providers and content governance, enforced through platform control and recordkeeping requirements.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2026

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