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  • present participle of record.
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recording

[ri-kawr-ding] / rɪˈkɔr dɪŋ /
NOUN
the act of one that records
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“Heat Wave” scored the group a Grammy nomination for best R&B recording for 1964 and made the trio the first Grammy-nominated Motown group.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Then, they wrote more songs and massaged those for another two years before finishing the recording and sending the album to be mixed in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

The sound of that 25-minute recording alongside the sight of Fiona Donohoe listening to it, her head frequently bowed, cut deep in the coroner's court that day.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child is recording songs about candy corn.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

We might want to say that these virtues and this limit can be summed up in the word ‘objectivity’; but objectivity is a nineteenth-century concept and implies new ways of observing nature and recording information.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The KehatiKu project aims to break that cycle by paying individuals in nine participating villages in West Kalimantan province for photos or recordings of animals instead.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

We have spoken to a number of men from the regime involved in Tice's detention, and have reviewed recordings of discussions about it.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The recordings were published on Spotify and later stopped by the prison authorities.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Nicastro made recordings of a number of cat meows when the pets were in different states — being fed, for instance, or brushed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

It is thought that the oldest surviving field recordings are those made in 1889 among the Passamaquoddy Indians in Maine, by American anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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