recordkeeping
noun
rec·ord·keep·ing
ˈre-kərd-ˌkē-piŋ 
variants
or less commonly record-keeping
: the act or practice of recording important information for future reference : the act of keeping records
Due to shoddy recordkeeping, the total area affected … is a mystery, and it will likely remain so.—
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Rule counts under Trump did drop substantially compared to Obama levels, with 2019’s 2,964 final rules marking the lowest tally since recordkeeping began in the mid-1970s.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
This period included an exceptionally warm summer that broke all-time heat records across the U.S., with multiple cities on both coasts sweltering through their hottest temperatures in seven decades of recordkeeping.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
That reporting revealed that most of those cases had been dismissed by investigators, that recordkeeping was scant, and that perpetrators rarely faced meaningful accountability.
—Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Many metrics CFOs are traditionally concerned with dealing with finances and numbers have been calculated since the beginning of business recordkeeping.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
This period included an exceptionally warm summer that broke all-time heat records across the U.S., with multiple cities on both coasts sweltering through their hottest temperatures in seven decades of recordkeeping.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
That reporting revealed that most of those cases had been dismissed by investigators, that recordkeeping was scant, and that perpetrators rarely faced meaningful accountability.
—Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Many metrics CFOs are traditionally concerned with dealing with finances and numbers have been calculated since the beginning of business recordkeeping.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Recordkeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recordkeeping. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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