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indexing

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verb

present participle of index

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of indexing
Noun
Media coverage tends to ignore the long-term nature of private markets while over-indexing on the short-term realities of investing. Will Dunham, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025 Distributed by Maoyan locally, the Japanese anime juggernaut delivered the highest Imax opening weekend box office gross, attendance and indexing ever for a Japanese title in China. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 16 Nov. 2025
Verb
OpenAI’s trajectory mirrors the rise of Google parent Alphabet, which built its business around indexing the web and now has a foothold in everything from consumer tech devices to health research. Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 So, the vertices that are indexing positions of my code word. Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indexing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indexing
Noun
  • Prior to North Crowley’s state title in 2024, a school from the city hadn’t won the UIL’s largest classification championship in 75 years.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That vice chancellor of belonging title may be an even more classic ZooMass job classification than last year’s winner, with Carolyn Brownawell.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Employees of the consulate stopped the agent from entering, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday in a statement.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Over the last several days, many Americans have seen upsetting, and often violent, images and videos of protests in Minneapolis amid a flood of ICE agents entering the city for a federal immigration enforcement operation.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In May, as part of a larger executive reorganization, Matt Severson was named executive vice president of academy collection and preservation, overseeing all archival, preservation, registration, conservation and cataloging work of the library, archive and Academy Museum.
    Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Her designs for the Safdies, as well as her prolific Instagram cataloguing of clothes worn by regular people on the street, have earned her a reputation as a doyenne of verisimilitude.
    Victoria Uren, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Cornell University maintains a helpful web page listing disease-resistant vegetable varieties.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Shawn Elliott and Zach Elliott of Nest Seekers International are co-listing agents of the historic residence that includes access to English gardens, a heated gunite pool, a tennis court, a putting green, and a heated three-car garage.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This deceptive categorization is devoid of reality and misleads the American public.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • In the case of digital assets, surface level similarities such as the use of cryptography, digital wallets, and online platforms made broad categorization a practical starting point.
    Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • By the end of the season, the Jets had set records for futility, so the firing was warranted — the Jets were the first team to ever go a full season without recording a single interception.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The report was based on two YouGov polls from 2018 and 2024, recording that the number of people who attended church at least once a month rose from 8% in 2018 to 12% in 2024.
    Will Barker, TheWeek, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Perfidy was mentioned in the 1863 Lieber Code, which laid out rules of conduct for the Union Army during the American Civil War and is known today as the first modern codification of the laws of armed conflict.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
  • No one offers a better example of how to make that case than Frederick Douglass, the fugitive slave, abolitionist, and eventual statesman involved in the codification of birthright citizenship in 1868.
    Time, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • If some companies, like BP and Total acquiesced, others like Exxon and Conoco packed up and left, writing off $billions and filing international arbitration claims that dissuaded many firms from seeking to establish operations in the country.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • If the Good family can’t make a deal with the administration during the claims process, the next step is filing a lawsuit.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026

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“Indexing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indexing. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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