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as in describing
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
will report the progress of the war effort before a congressional committee on Monday
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as in recording
to make a written note of
reported the lawyer's closing statement
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Recent Examples of reporting
Last month, Chinese news outlets began reporting drops of roughly seventy-five per cent in micro-drama crews in Hengdian.
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Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Tesla shares dropped after reporting first-quarter earnings on Wednesday that saw revenue come in weaker than expected despite beating analysts' estimates.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
About 40 homes in the region are reporting damage, according to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Mae Anderson in New York contributed reporting.
—Alma Solis, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Alex Nitzberg of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
After months of surveillance, deputies received a call reporting an active burglary and arrested Daniel Osorio-Valencia at the scene, investigators said.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
In addition, Netflix reiterated in reporting Q1 earnings that is advertising business is on track to roughly double in 2026 to $3 billion in revenue.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
California’s poison center is reporting similar findings.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Tesla shares dropped after reporting first-quarter earnings on Wednesday that saw revenue come in weaker than expected despite beating analysts' estimates.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
About 40 homes in the region are reporting damage, according to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Mae Anderson in New York contributed reporting.
—Alma Solis, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Alex Nitzberg of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
After months of surveillance, deputies received a call reporting an active burglary and arrested Daniel Osorio-Valencia at the scene, investigators said.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
In addition, Netflix reiterated in reporting Q1 earnings that is advertising business is on track to roughly double in 2026 to $3 billion in revenue.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
California’s poison center is reporting similar findings.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reporting
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When describing his overall plan for ELL and emergent bilingual learning after staff cuts, Licata said those resources are not being spent in the right directions for students.—
Samuel O’Neal
Updated April 29,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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What the note was describing lay outside the perimeter.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Beyond fashioning stunning décor, Joseon court painters were tasked with recording major events.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Stanford graduate played 80 games across his career with the Cardinals, New York Giants and Oakland Raiders, recording five sacks and 130 tackles.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Like Flores and Natal, Kaik found that the company, York Service & Towing, would only take cash, telling her that sometimes, people would pay with a credit card then cancel the card before payment went through.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after telling her to contact security, Alvarez arrived upstairs.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shamet played 18 minutes in Game 1 and 10 minutes in Game 2 before logging seven minutes combined through Games 3 and 4.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Avoid areas prone to water-logging and retaining moisture, such as low spots in your landscape or heavy clay soils.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the selection was appealingly unexpected from a down-the-middle country star like Johnson, who spent much of the rest of his set recounting his long music-industry come-up and urging folks to see past their differences in the name of unity.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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This is an interesting piece from Wired reporter Will Knight, who describes firsthand how advanced AI models are becoming alarmingly effective at social engineering, recounting a highly personalized phishing attempt generated entirely by the open-source model DeepSeek-V3.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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With the advancement of technology, there is now a transcribing tool on hand, but Warner says, human transcribing is not only faster, but 99% accurate.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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But while many health care providers already are using AI for administrative duties, such as transcribing patient visits, using it to help diagnose people is still a relatively new field.—
Cal Matters,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Some of them are old systems of knowledge, ways of relating the body to fertility, death, and survival.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Pisces new moon creates opportunities for fulfillment through relating.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Outside experts generally agreed with the government’s assessment, noting that small amounts of substances such as heavy metals are naturally occurring in the environment.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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An OpenAI spokesperson disputed that allegation, noting that the email the company sends to users who have been deactivated does not include information about creating a new account.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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