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[dok-yuh-muhnt, dok-yuh-ment] / ˈdɒk jə mənt, ˈdɒk jəˌmɛnt /




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Another resident spoke of downloading a smartphone app to track decibel levels throughout the day, intending to document the noise of the coaster screams and report any violations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The BBC had previously identified a number of misspellings and apparent factual errors in the document, but received no clarification from the prosecution about these.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Everything else about it was bigger too, most astonishingly the bottom line revealed by the document.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

Bisignano also accessed a draft complaint from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about a questioned derivatives trade that was a confidential document only seen by a few members of the legal department, some said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

To quote section thirty-two, line forty-five of the document you both signed, ‘Once a child has been told about his whatnot upbringing, no further contact with the whatnots he was raised with shall be allowed.’

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

As Nouzille packed away the documents, I thought of Jim Swire and what this could all mean for him.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

He brought piles of documents, enough to cover the whole bed and the hotel room desk.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

She called 911 and paramedics rushed to the Moreno Valley home and started CPR, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Presented to and approved by the County of Los Angeles, the documents outline studio, theme park and hotel expansion plans, detailing requirements such as as height, noise and more.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Mr. McDowell clasped his hands and folded them on top of a stack of documents.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

At the request of The Times, Keith documented the meals for a few days in texts and photos.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

After reviewing more than 20 years of stranding records and preserved tissue samples, researchers at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and collaborating institutions identified three Helicobacter genotypes that had never been documented before.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

The wealthiest country on the continent, South Africa has long been a destination for documented and undocumented African workers searching for work they cannot find at home.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The best documented, however, are that of an American airline pilot who died hours after eating a hamburger in 2024, and Jeremy's.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Hannah Arendt, the influential cultural critic who documented the perverse excesses of Nazism, would later write about the “banality of evil” that permeated German culture during the Nazi era.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Investors need to know companies are not only adopting AI in significant ways, but also documenting it in financial statements, earnings calls, investments and workforce reduction.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Why has documenting Spark’s life proved so difficult?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The one-woman show arrives in time for the United States’ 250th anniversary on Saturday, documenting Nakajima’s search for the American dream as a first-generation Japanese American woman.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

It unfolds from Jenner’s POV, documenting a busy morning in the life of a young mogul.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

Understanding the Pittman case and documenting the other demonstrably false things Myers had asserted would strengthen our evidence.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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