documenting

verb

present participle of document
as in establishing
to show the existence or truth of by evidence he tried in vain to document a link between ancient civilizations and extraterrestrials

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Recent Examples of documenting That means documenting rationale, reviewing important patterns against real user behavior and giving teams a clear path to propose changes when the evidence changes. — Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Paul, meanwhile, was in a period of uncharacteristic autobiographical directness in his lyric-writing, documenting his grievances with his actor girlfriend Jane Asher while residing in her family’s London home. — Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Wood started posting videos on TikTok under the username @Fibulaa, documenting his unemployment in 2020 with funny videos with his family. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026 Looming changes tied to ‘payment error rates’ State agencies and some state legislatures are imposing stricter rules and requiring applicants to provide more paperwork documenting their income, expenses and the number of people in their household. — Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026 It’s meant to launch a new franchise, with separate series documenting the wildlife and environmental ecosystems of all seven continents in turn. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 Oct. 2026 In clips of the season 2 episode documenting Kari and Gina’s surgeries, the women are anesthetized, cut into, shunted around, bandaged, and propped up for interviews. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026 Tallulah has previously opened up about cherishing and documenting her time with her father. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 High schoolers and middle schoolers across the country are sharing social media posts documenting how these internet memes have manifested in their classrooms – and sometimes, how their teachers are using them to guide class discussions. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for documenting
  1. establishing
  2. proving
  3. demonstrating
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  • Without first establishing a network of plausible deniability?
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • However, the Georgia program remains an important step in establishing how the technology will work within real railway operations.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of establishing
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  • SpaceX's foray into renting out AI compute this year is proving to be a lucrative endeavor for a company best known for its Starlink internet service and rocket ambitions.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of proving
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  • Tiffany Hayes added 21 points off the bench, demonstrating how Golden State can find scoring help beyond its starters.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • However, demonstrating entanglement across 13 qubits is not the same as building a practical, large-scale quantum computer.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of demonstrating

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“Documenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documenting. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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