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

“To experience all the emotional and tonal registers that she’s capable of.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

It was the type of news bulletin that usually registers as a shock, but in Woods’s case, not so much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Today I look at managers and coaches and hope that, especially for the younger ones, the above registers with them.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

These two registers sound and feel very different, and the singer may have even have two distinct tessituras, one in each register.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones