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noun

plural of document
1
as in forms
a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it filled out the documents for a bank loan

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as in certificates
a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something have your documents ready as you approach the border

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verb

present tense third-person singular of document
as in proves
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 documents
Noun
The Sun conjoins Mercury in Virgo and your 8th House of Shared Resources, Trust, Intimacy, and Mutual Support, bringing clarity to money, documents, access, care, or emotional expectations. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 In 1968 Britain considered evicting the family by force, with declassified documents showing a plan to raze the fort. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 The internal documents and testimony surfacing in Oakland, including evidence about Meta’s own research on young users and its lawyers’ handling of those findings, will now remain only partially visible. — Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 All federal government references to the lake on agency maps, contracts and other documents must also reflect the renaming. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 New documents obtained by The Associated Press and The Guardian refute that testimony. — Ali Swenson, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Court documents do not say whether those charged have entered pleas. — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 Video recordings and documents detail how investigators pursued the case, and the possibility of abuse, for months but failed to identify a perpetrator. — Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, tech journalism site 404 Media reported on internal documents that showed Bus Patrol allegedly working on a plan to turn its thousands of cameras into an Automatic License Plate Reader network for law enforcement. — Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
Alone in her tiny studio apartment, Sarah-Jane Hoadley regularly documents her life as a single woman in her 40s with no friends. — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 The accomplished small firm was rather inexplicably the sole Chicago firm featured in a new book by former Architectural Record editors that documents design-savvy designers between the coasts. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Part comedy, part child-appropriate horror, this early aughts film documents the friendship of human child Tony and vampire kid Rudolph. — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 22 Aug. 2026 Debuting on December 12, 2025 on Disney+, the feature documents the last concert on the extensive tour, during which Swift performed songs from almost all of her albums ever released. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 Projects on the high injury network, which documents areas where serious collisions happen most frequently, are eligible for a separate pot of funding under Vision Zero. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026 The study also documents how hypersonic projectile strikes force diamond to turn into graphite in millionths of a second, a rapid phase change that absorbs kinetic energy. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026 The man who would later become a three-time Oscar winner documents his boyhood efforts to create films using an 8mm camera. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association documents an 89% reduction in heart attack deaths since 1970. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for documents
  1. forms
  2. certificates
  3. proves
  4. papers
  5. certifications
  6. establishes
  7. demonstrates
Noun
  • Others, like acetyl-D-leucine, have similar forms that have approval.
    — Mike McRae August 26, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Davies hopes to develop forms of DHM that are more bioavailable—but not necessarily for hangover treatments.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of forms
Noun
  • Pilots who fly commercial planes with over six passengers aboard also need medical certificates issued by official aviation medical examiners, the outlet reported.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, researchers wrote, an analysis of death certificates of football players who did not donate their brains revealed another 215 whose certificates listed a neurodegenerative disease as a cause of death.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of certificates
Verb
  • Whether the Rams can actually pull off a Hollywood ending might come down to how dominant Donald proves to still be.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Donna Mills’ hard work on OnlyFans is paying off, and her jaw-dropping payday proves it.
    — Paris Close, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of proves
Noun
  • Michael still had the hospital discharge papers in his truck.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Neither Meta nor Google will sell their stake in the company, according to the IPO papers.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of papers
Noun
  • Digital passports are now accessible directly on Tod’s website, giving shoppers information on materials, production processes, locations and company certifications.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • By June 2017, 37% of warfare readiness certifications for cruiser and destroyer crews in Japan had expired.
    — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of certifications
Verb
  • The rule also establishes new design requirements, including a tracking barcode for mail-in ballot envelopes that states must create and submit to the USPS for approval.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Assembly Bill 1633 establishes the Private Detention Facility Tax Law, which would impose an annual 25% tax on operators of private detention centers.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of establishes
Verb
  • IonQ’s partnership with Sandia National Laboratories also demonstrates its increasing national-security relevance.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The research also demonstrates the JWST is more than capable of studying the dispersal of gas and dust around individual infant stars.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of demonstrates

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“Documents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documents. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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