variants
or cataloguing
as in listing
to put (someone or something) on a list
cataloged the latest additions to the collection
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or cataloguing
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Recent Examples of cataloging
Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
In the late eighteen-nineties, when the New Croton Aqueduct was just beginning to pipe water into the Bronx from Westchester, James Reuel Smith, a wealthy classicist with a passion for cataloguing, used a bicycle to survey the springs and wells of Manhattan and the Bronx.
—Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Stephanie Schmeling, head of cataloging and archives at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which the 9/11 Media Preservation Group shares their work with, has said there is more unseen media of the event out in the world.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
There's less cataloging and more sense-making.
—Catherine Iger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Evan Bush, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
Instead of simply cataloging events, these systems analyze data access patterns, identify anomalies in behavior and flag emerging risks that could lead to exposure.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
For the past two years, ILWU Local 5, the union representing Powell’s booksellers, has been cataloguing instances of employee censorship at the company in this database.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Researchers have proposed developing regional databases cataloging the mechanical characteristics of competition surfaces for sports such as tennis.
—Michael Hales, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Library cataloging and checkout systems also have been restored, though as of Thursday, public internet terminals were still offline.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
First, Baum and his colleagues took a close look at hundreds of teeth, and picked the most pristine, cataloging their starting state with high resolution photographs taken under a microscope.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
The program cataloguing the frequency of common injuries, such as car accidents, overdoses, dog bites and drownings, was cut.
—ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
After college, Rinnert taught for a year in Australia, and had several jobs in Chicago, including working for the Kelley Girls employment service and cataloguing Hugh Hefner’s personal movie collection at Chicago’s Playboy Mansion, Fisher said.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
For collectibles, clients will be able to get advice on managing, maintaining or selling their collections, from cataloging and restoration, to selling or buying in the primary or secondary markets.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
In the late eighteen-nineties, when the New Croton Aqueduct was just beginning to pipe water into the Bronx from Westchester, James Reuel Smith, a wealthy classicist with a passion for cataloguing, used a bicycle to survey the springs and wells of Manhattan and the Bronx.
—Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Stephanie Schmeling, head of cataloging and archives at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which the 9/11 Media Preservation Group shares their work with, has said there is more unseen media of the event out in the world.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
There's less cataloging and more sense-making.
—Catherine Iger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
The study is not tracking each individual death from smoke, tracing the person’s smoke exposure and then cataloging health effects.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
Instead of simply cataloging events, these systems analyze data access patterns, identify anomalies in behavior and flag emerging risks that could lead to exposure.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
For the past two years, ILWU Local 5, the union representing Powell’s booksellers, has been cataloguing instances of employee censorship at the company in this database.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Researchers have proposed developing regional databases cataloging the mechanical characteristics of competition surfaces for sports such as tennis.
—Michael Hales, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Library cataloging and checkout systems also have been restored, though as of Thursday, public internet terminals were still offline.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
First, Baum and his colleagues took a close look at hundreds of teeth, and picked the most pristine, cataloging their starting state with high resolution photographs taken under a microscope.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
The program cataloguing the frequency of common injuries, such as car accidents, overdoses, dog bites and drownings, was cut.
—ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
After college, Rinnert taught for a year in Australia, and had several jobs in Chicago, including working for the Kelley Girls employment service and cataloguing Hugh Hefner’s personal movie collection at Chicago’s Playboy Mansion, Fisher said.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cataloging
Verb
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Nick Sadek, the Sotheby’s International Realty broker, is also a listing agent on the property.—
John Turton,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Leslie had been discovered deceased in her upstairs bathroom, with the autopsy listing her official cause of death as blunt force trauma.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the most overlooked challenges in data strategy is taxonomy, or the classification/naming of fields that lead to specific data extraction.—
Andy Watts,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Also, credit to coaches Chad Watson and Chase Brooks for scheduling this matchup and being unafraid of the gap in classification.—
Jacob Shames,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That cohort is also entering the job market as companies experiment with artificial intelligence.—
Carlos Waters,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, Florida weathered a bad outbreak of meningococcal disease, a type of fast-moving bacterial infection that can become fatal after entering the bloodstream or the lining of the brain and spinal cord.—
Jamie Ducharme,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With the stock market increasingly driven by passive investing and indexing, and dominated by a handful of mega-tech stocks, investors seeking diversification will need to start turning to the rapidly expanding private markets, Rowan told CNBC.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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By applying semantic search and intelligent data indexing, AI models can organize and unify financial data across platforms.—
Maulikkumar Pandya,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Keith Richards’ son, Marlon Richards, let slip that the Rolling Stones are recording an album in London.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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So far, Misa, taken second overall by the Sharks at the NHL Draft in June after recording eye-popping numbers in the OHL, seems to be a quick learner.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pascoal’s music happily defied categorization.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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And congrats to Gold House for defying categorization.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Senior photos Our journey into a financial rabbit hole actually commenced over the summer, when I was contacted about scheduling my daughter’s senior photos.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
15 Sep. 2025
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But the Jays provided Fisher with needed rest by meticulously scheduling his outings.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Such codification is also a key driver of value for buyers looking to acquire attractive companies.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cataloging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataloging. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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