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[dok-yuh-muhnt, dok-yuh-ment] / ˈdɒk jə mənt, ˈdɒk jəˌmɛnt /




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She said she was working to increase protections, including using the Los Angeles Police Department to document federal enforcement activity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The memo caught the eye of several executive recruiters, many of whom said they were struck by the specific language used, while also being unsurprised by the format of the document.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Masud's lawyers asked a federal court in Washington to rule the alleged confession inadmissible in advance of his trial in April next year as it was not the original document.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Tony Award-winning 2004 stage show is captured for HBO ‘to document for my kids and my grandkids’ his early family history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The archive reflects the human need to document every deed and directive, to place a veil of administrative tidiness over the disorder of famines and plagues and natural disasters and crimes and wars.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Section 217 of the City Charter grants the controller and other city officers the power to order individuals to produce documents and to attend hearings, with subpoenas issued via the City Clerk’s office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Gas turbines appear in the planning documents because they represent the worst case for emissions and noise, so assessing them tests the upper limit of any impact."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

An assistant might examine more documents, check its answers more thoroughly or complete longer assignments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

"If City can demonstrate the Commission fundamentally misunderstood the emails, failed to consider their proper context or reached conclusions inconsistent with other contemporaneous documents, that could amount to a material factual error," Severin added.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

About ten young women sit at desks, their pencils flying over documents, their hands sliding colored slips of paper over giant tables of letters.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Whether it’s borrowing from earlier artists, repurposing comics, or creating a series of mirrors, Lichtenstein’s focus on image replication is thoroughly documented in this show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Puerto focuses on a more common scenario: As documented in “The Turnaway Study,” people who seek and are denied abortions are likely to struggle with poverty, debt, underemployment, and troubles with physical and mental health.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

In his statement, Kundizeza said had "a concrete, documented history" about the story's inspiration and he set out the chronology of its development.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Players from both teams intervened, and the episode was documented on video by the NFL.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Combined with her online profile, it basically documented her entire life.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

She also covered Texas veterans and the military, traveling to Iraq for the Chronicle, and documenting the stories of Houston’s Arab and Muslim refugee communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I put it to him that some women were now documenting harassment on social media because they were afraid to report it to police.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

He and Oppenheim said it was Holmes who initiated conversations with independent entertainment company A24 about documenting her daily life.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Researchers and conservation groups are documenting its wildlife in an effort to build a scientific case for protecting the area.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

There’s no reliable statistic documenting how many people embraced the game as a result of the publicity surrounding the Fischer–Spassky match, but some estimates put the number in the millions.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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