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verb

Definition of lognext
1
as in to record
to make a written note of the station captain logged the arrest and then left for home

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2
as in to win
to obtain (as a goal) through effort an actor who has logged a record number of Academy Award nominations in the course of her career

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log

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noun

as in logbook

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Recent Examples of log
Verb
Zuliani called it a gold mine for researchers and encouraged anyone in Florida to join the app and log their lizards. — Alex Harris august 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 For mills, the platform logs article selections, price discussions and keeps track of what a client has sampled—costly investment by mills that is often overlooked by brands. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
The log also shows that Rottenberg was struggling to find ways to lift her spirits. — Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 18 Aug. 2026 The referral traffic assistants send directly is a small fraction of site visits, and the real influence is almost certainly much larger than what shows up in a referral log -- which is precisely the problem. — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for log
Recent Examples of Synonyms for log
  1. record
  2. win
  3. logbook
  4. report
  5. achieve
  6. diary
  7. transcribe
  8. attain
Verb
  • The singer recorded her appearance on the show earlier this month, only hours before being hospitalized for appendicitis.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Chase Lloyd recorded two interceptions last year, while Ah’Mare Lee finished with an interception and 12 passes defended.
    — John Devine, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of record
Verb
  • All the drama from last week’s showdown with the season-21 designers is resolved by season 22 winning the unconventional-materials challenge.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Chidgasornpongse won best director in the Asian New Talent competition at the Shanghai International Film Festival, where Sompop Songkampol also took best actor.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of win
Noun
  • The report said the footage, which was reviewed at the scene, shows Torres placing the victim’s money inside a logbook, but the cash was never logged in the property book.
    — Ana Maria Soler, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The report said that the footage, which was reviewed at the scene, shows Torres placing the victim's money inside a logbook, but the cash was never logged in the property book.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of logbook
Verb
  • As The Athletic reported on Sunday, the two clubs are close to finalising a €70million (£60m; $81m) transfer agreement.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Users reported problems with Outlook, while OpenAI said users may experience problems starting or continuing tasks in ChatGPT Work, temporarily disabling two of the modern office's favorite methods of assigning more work.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of report
Verb
  • The team achieved 10 times better performance than GNSS systems, with a one nautical mile of positioning accuracy.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kusama also achieved something that has eluded other artists who were co-opted by commerce and converted avant-garde energies into branding, including Warhol, Haring, Koons, and Murakami.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of achieve
Noun
  • Tracee Ellis Ross favors Udi’s gluten-free bread topped with smashed avocado, lemon juice, crushed red pepper and salt as an afternoon snack, according to a People food diary.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • There are no recordings from the time, of course, so we're left to try and glean information from contemporary journals, letters and diaries, said Esteban Touma, a linguistics expert with Babbel, the online language learning platform.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of diary
Verb
  • For buyers, key features include voice notes transcribed in real time, optical character recognition technology that reads the article number, composition, weight, and wash code from hang tag, and the ability to create mood boards and more.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The technology can transcribe and translate speech, identify objects and scene content, and infer location cues from video.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of transcribe
Verb
  • The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But the White House cut its offices and weakened its ability to follow up with cases, as well as slashed funding to research on disparities that people of color face in getting diagnosed and attaining resources for disabilities.
    — Claire Sibonney, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of attain

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