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registry

[rej-uh-stree] / ˈrɛdʒ ə stri /








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The situation has become so severe this year that some Panama-flagged ships have changed their registry to avoid these strict inspections.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

There were also concerns listed in the analysis that the registry, which dates back to 1947, could include LGBTQ+ offenders from decades ago who were convicted of offenses that are no longer crimes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

The registry "represents an ambitious attempt to turn the principles into practice and make consent more accessible and feasible, to make rights more transparent, and to make trust more scalable", Maydell said.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

I do advise couples to have some — at the very least — preliminary discussions about finances before taking their romance to the wedding chapel, synagogue or registry office.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

To Minnie the little ceremony appeared to be legal and in its quiet way very romantic, but in fact no record of their union was entered into the marriage registry of Cook County, Illinois.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Still, China’s measures have exposed the vulnerability of the fees that Panama receives from its vessel-flagging business, one of the world’s largest ship registries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

After the quakes, online registries appeared to help find the missing.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

The data came from the Geneva registry and the National Agency for Cancer Registration, which compiles information from cantonal cancer registries across Switzerland.

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

Two of my siblings are getting married this year, which means I’ve been thinking more than usual about wedding registries — that peculiar exercise in imagining a future life.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2026

“One of the Permanent Bureaus of the Internal Administration. Looks out after false registries, unauthorized travel, job-substitutions, forgeries, that sort of thing—trash. That’s what mm/means in gutter-Orgota, trash, it’s a nickname.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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