logging

verb

present participle of log
1
as in recording
to make a written note of the station captain logged the arrest and then left for home

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2
as in achieving
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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Recent Examples of logging Bonner had a solid season at NC State in 2024 before transferring, logging 56 tackles and seven tackles for loss. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 The other option is to run the AI analysis on Proton’s servers, securely and without logging. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 Letterboxd says its membership has climbed past 30 million worldwide, a scale that’s turning what was once a niche logging app into a viable alternative to shopping a film on the traditional festival circuit. — Joshua Encinias, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026 The change itself would not authorize road construction or logging projects. — Dan Peck, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Republicans have argued the rule prevents logging projects to clear out overgrown forests, as well as road construction that would aid firefighters responding to fire starts deep in the backcountry. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The human was entirely responsible for logging into the CRM, gathering context from marketing tools and looking over past customer conversations to figure out what the data actually meant before making a move. — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The team also failed to generate pressure in the pocket, logging just 10 sacks in 12 games and ranking last in the country. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 The company presently builds specific truck configurations for its customers involved in logging, heavy haul, and vocational work. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for logging
  1. recording
  2. achieving
  3. reporting
  4. winning
  5. transcribing
  6. attaining
  7. gaining
  8. making
Verb
  • The Honda continues down the street and crashes into a parked car, as Good’s wife, Becca Good, who was recording the altercation, runs after it.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Donald was one of the most dominant defensive lineman in NFL history during his 10 seasons with the Rams, recording 111 sacks, 24 forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of recording
Verb
  • Andrew Cherng of Panda Restaurant Group and Kitty Lo of Manhattan Hotel Group, both immigrants, exemplify achieving this dream by building extraordinary businesses.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The school was bustling with a large, high-achieving and diverse student body.
    — Austin Horn August 29, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of achieving
Verb
  • Ternus, who was anointed Apple’s next CEO in April, had just finished a long day of reporting the company’s quarterly earnings.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In line with that argument, reporting on California’s latest lawsuit underscores how central mail-in ballots have become, noting that more than 89% of voters used mail ballots in the state’s June primary.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of reporting
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
  • The screenplay placed second in the horror category at the 2025 Slamdance Screenplay Competition, winning Filmmatic’s Horror/Thriller Screenplay Awards, and selected for the 2026 Grey List.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of winning
Verb
  • Platforms including Cluely, Interview Coder, and Final Round AI render answers on the candidate’s own display, outside the layer a screen share captures, while transcribing the interviewer’s audio as the conversation happens.
    — Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • And the days are coming when AI is meaningfully involved in clinical care, beyond just transcribing our own words, and the follow-up recommendation deviates from the standard of care.
    — Frances Mei Hardin, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of transcribing
Verb
  • 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
  • What came to me was a simple but valuable intuition that healing is not about attaining the grace of God, but about the loving freedom that comes from reflecting God!
    — Dilshad Khambatta Eames, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of attaining
Verb
  • Summary An 11-year-old Ontario entrepreneur, Ashton Meyer, transformed his $10 bin cleaning side hustle into a viral success, gaining over 110,000 Instagram followers.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Visiting people in their communities and gaining firsthand insight into Norway’s diverse realities became a fundamental part of their work.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of gaining
Verb
  • In addition to Broadway, the show has played in nine countries across four continents since making its West End debut in 2019.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Despite that footprint, the basic cement-making process has changed relatively little since the material was invented in 1824.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of making

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

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