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




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The document, prepared for the Las Vegas Raiders as part of a coaching search, attempts to sum up Flores’s skills in candid, and sometimes controversial, terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Instead of a message, it was a scanned army document.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"I reject this document entirely," Maduro said in Spanish through a translator.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“So I decided to do that with the Slater Loan Company. This is how it’s spelled on the document, ‘Company’ abbreviated as ‘Co.’

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

After hours of discussions, Beltoungou, a close Wagner ally, agreed to help Prigozhin move gold to international markets by issuing documents identifying it as government property, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

He accused Knouse in court documents of trying to get him fired and ruin his reputation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

The legal documents have emerged after a High Court hearing earlier this month in which Thames Valley Police accepted the warrants it used to search Mountbatten-Windsor's homes were unlawful.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Listening to lawyers from both sides question potential jurors, it became obvious to Ellsberg that none of these people knew much about the documents he’d risked everything to expose.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Photographer Carlos Osorio documented the move, which involved whales being flown to Chicago, Atlanta, San Diego, San Antonio, and even Valencia, Spain.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

The tiny creature was found to interpret DNA instructions in a way researchers had never documented before, challenging a long held assumption about how the genetic code works.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“There are flying squirrels, you know. They exist. In fact, there are some theories that posit that all squirrels are descended from the flying squirrel. In any case, flying squirrels themselves are a documented fact.”

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

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

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

A nomadic childhood and life among migrant communities in Newport's Docklands had drawn him towards documenting lives beyond the mainstream.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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

The whole way, I’m documenting the city, taking photos of strangers I’ve never seen, strangers I see every day.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson


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