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registry

[rej-uh-stree] / ˈrɛdʒ ə stri /








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Plus, a marathon that includes wine and cheese and a baby registry buyout.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

By 2025, Orleans Parish, where Brooks was convicted, had the highest rate of exonerations among U.S. counties with more than 300,000 residents, according to the registry.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

They recouped just over half of the cost, $11,000, from their native plant wedding registry.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

"I, on the other hand, was brought up in a Christian family and would not 'feel married' if doing so in a registry office."

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

In 1943, members of the Dutch Resistance bombed the Amsterdam civil registry office in an attempt to destroy records, to prevent the Nazis from identifying Jews and others marked for persecution, arrest or forced labour.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Alex Cooper, the pregnant podcast host and entrepreneur, spent her weekend buying out people’s online baby registries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

They verified his birth date in two registries, and filled in the paperwork to register him for a possible record as a joke, she added.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

The data came from the Geneva registry and the National Agency for Cancer Registration, which compiles information from cantonal cancer registries across Switzerland.

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

Two of my siblings are getting married this year, which means I’ve been thinking more than usual about wedding registries — that peculiar exercise in imagining a future life.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2026

Their names are sent to registries, but mostly the photographs wave in the wind, unclaimed.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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