as in listing
to put (someone or something) on a list
indexed all the books in the library by category
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as in classification
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Recent Examples of indexing
Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 10 Aug. 2025
It was designed to ensure long-term funding for: Road repairs and highway maintenance
Bridge safety upgrades
Public transit investments
Bicycle and pedestrian projects
The law includes annual inflation indexing to make sure revenues don’t lose value over time.
—Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Bond and real estate funds also typically are competitve with indexing, Armour added.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 10 Aug. 2025
It was designed to ensure long-term funding for: Road repairs and highway maintenance
Bridge safety upgrades
Public transit investments
Bicycle and pedestrian projects
The law includes annual inflation indexing to make sure revenues don’t lose value over time.
—Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
So, the vertices that are indexing positions of my code word.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indexing
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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First, assume that classification will be litigated if the arrangement is aggressive or if the borrower is thinly capitalized.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Most of the eggs there belong to the species Placoolithus tumiaolingensis in the Dendroolithidae family, a classification that is derived from the eggs rather than from a dinosaur’s fossil skeleton.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The new strategy aims to leverage Ford’s iconic brand while simultaneously signaling that the car company is entering a new era, Materazzo said.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Zeffy fundraiser that’s raised over $400,000 of its $737,000 goal will help engineers in Gaza buy and reuse materials — as aid entering Gaza is heavily restricted by Israel — to extend the hospital, Jboor and Hawash-Kuemmerle said.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There's less cataloging and more sense-making.—
Catherine Iger,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But Sheeran also dips into world beats, inspired by recording for a month in India.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk began recording multiple podcasts a day, railing against mask mandates and school closures.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These resist neat categorization.—
Douglas B. Laney,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Familiar names, new Nashville hot spot Philip Krajeck’s restaurants defy easy categorization.—
Laura L. Davis,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Missing these deadlines can result in penalties and interest, even if a taxpayer is otherwise eligible for a refund when filing their return.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Call your card servicer or visit its website for details on filing a claim.—
David McMillin,
CNBC,
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
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“Indexing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indexing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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