registers

Example Sentences

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But there is a third contender who consistently registers double digits in 2028 polling, with numbers quite close to the top two.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Chung’s Umma doesn’t take up a lot of room in the play, but her maternal presence registers sharply nonetheless.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

This triggers the jealousy of a neighboring farmer who has known Doris since childhood, and a quiet love triangle emerges that is notable for the sensitivity with which it registers Doris’s own feelings and desires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Using linked national registers, they followed when men received new psychiatric diagnoses, beginning one year before pregnancy and continuing until the child reached one year of age.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Jack probably knew that the registers I’d been sending were useless.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee