registers

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Despite a war, rising gasoline prices and a 74-year low in consumer sentiment, registers kept ringing the past couple of months.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The findings suggest that while humans cannot consciously detect infrasound, the body still registers it in some way.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

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

She went over to one of the registers, which was actually a computer, and typed something on the screen with her finger.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer