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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as in logbook
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Recent Examples of log
PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
To build one, start a weekly wins Notion board logging one success and one tweak, and carve out 10% of every project for low-risk experiments.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
Two strong lumbermen with spiked poles pushed and tugged at the logs, slowly opening a passage.
—Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
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Verb
Phishing pages masquerade as banks, auction sites, and other sensitive sites, hoping to trick victims into logging in.
—PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
To build one, start a weekly wins Notion board logging one success and one tweak, and carve out 10% of every project for low-risk experiments.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Noun
Asian needle ants live in wooded areas such as forests within logs, under stones or under mulch piles.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
Two strong lumbermen with spiked poles pushed and tugged at the logs, slowly opening a passage.
—Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for log
Verb
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Strachwitz’s aim was to record Chenier singing in Creole French.—
Alicia Ault,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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Federal researchers are reporting the lowest number of migrating gray whale calves ever recorded off the West Coast.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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The Mercury managed to hold off Breanna Stewart’s 35-point performance by winning the fourth quarter, 25-16, and eventually win the game 89-81 at Barclays Center on Thursday night.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2025
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The duo wound up the year 8-1, winning the district championship; an injury prevented the pair from competing at state.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The stuff of them, fragments of timers and pages of logbooks, aren’t intended to uncover new information or unravel conspiracies.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Between her own observations, the logbook and additional data sources, Freymann documented 41 cases of wound care in chimpanzees, including 34 incidents of self-care and seven of care for others, the study says.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
14 May 2025
Verb
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On Monday, temperatures could reach 101, the NWS reported.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
18 June 2025
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The growth of new listings in these cities, however, is slowing down at over three times the national average, the company reported.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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But its lid is instead shaped into the squashed arch of a pizza oven, with a pizza stone that can be affixed to the grill top to achieve admirable pies at around 700 degrees.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
14 June 2025
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However, in Condrieu, the grape achieves an expression that is difficult to replicate elsewhere.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
Noun
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This week’s event saw plenty of talk of how to navigate the many challenges facing the TV biz, but affairs at NEM were conducted with some style, with a diary of cocktails and events taking place against a stunning Croatian backdrop.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
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Her baguettes, her diary, her keys and her daughter Charlotte’s baby bottles overflowed from the rigid, hefty and only somewhat practical container.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2025
Verb
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Government stenographers are also still recording and transcribing all of Trump’s remarks, though these are no longer being published on the White House’s website or elsewhere.—
Shannon Bow O'Brien,
The Conversation,
12 June 2025
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Last but not least, there is the audience, your stand-ins at the Winter Garden Theatre, which laughed at the jokes and applauded the big speeches, transcribed from Murrow’s own.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Meanwhile, army chief Syed Asim Munir has become only the second officer in Pakistan’s history to attain the five-star rank of Field Marshal.—
Hasan Ali,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 June 2025
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After marrying and making a fortune in America, the elder Trump attained U.S. citizenship and tried to return to Germany.—
Laurie Kellman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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“Log.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/log. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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