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to put (someone or something) on a list
indexed all the books in the library by category
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Recent Examples of index
David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Last September, shortly after Schulman joined, Burberry fell out of the FTSE 100 index of blue chip stocks on the London Stock Exchange due to its shrinking valuation.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Reddit is now blocking the Internet Archive (IA) from indexing popular Reddit threads after allegedly catching sneaky AI firms—restricted from scraping Reddit—instead simply scraping data from IA's archived content.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
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Noun
It’s used by the Conference Board to produce economic indexes that help companies better understand the current business cycle.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Last September, shortly after Schulman joined, Burberry fell out of the FTSE 100 index of blue chip stocks on the London Stock Exchange due to its shrinking valuation.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Meta still allows shared chatbot conversations to be indexed by search engines.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Reddit is now blocking the Internet Archive (IA) from indexing popular Reddit threads after allegedly catching sneaky AI firms—restricted from scraping Reddit—instead simply scraping data from IA's archived content.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for index
Noun
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Layoffs, a concerning indicator of a potential downturn, haven’t yet accelerated.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The most severe drop was in press freedom when compared with five years ago, but the indicator for the credibility of elections was at its lowest in 30 years.—
Matthew Tostevin
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Rebels have not listed him on their recent availability reports, but ESPN reported early Saturday that Simmons will be a game-time decision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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The second individual was listed as Adil in Nasir's probable cause summary, and arrest documents have not been found at this time.—
Riley Hoffman,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Simply playing games in another country may not dramatically move the needle for the league, but the NFL is very willing to play the long game here.—
Contessa Brewer,Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Plus, this one doesn’t have a single annoying needle drop.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Polish military said no airspace violations were recorded on Saturday after jets were deployed in the airspace along the border with Ukraine.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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Tatis has been crafty on the base paths, recording 29 steals on 35 attempts.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Police can log into a dashboard, enter a case number, and search not just by plate number, but also by make, model, or even bumper stickers.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Red Sox starter Brayan Bello entered Saturday’s start with the best ERA among all starting pitchers who’ve made at least 10 starts against New York in the past 25 years.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In his new memoir, The Book of Sheen (out today), the Two and a Half Men star catalogues his memories from spending months on location with his parents and siblings.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
Verb
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Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray is set to hold a news conference to announce the charges against Robinson after they are filed in the late morning and will be made available to the public immediately after that, according to Utah County officials.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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According to a Manhattan Supreme Court foreclosure suit filed in December that names both Bill and Camille, the pair stopped making payments on the loans in June 2024 in addition to failing to pay over $300,000 in property taxes.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Index.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/index. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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