registers
Example Sentences
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You learn your parents’ registers the way you learn weather, and this was the register of bad news from far away.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
“How ya doing today, sir? Find everything alright?” he said to another as he circled the registers with a scanning gun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It is unclear when Daniel Greenberg -- the parliamentary commissioner for standards, who investigates alleged breaches of the MPs' code of conduct and registers -- will rule on his findings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
As "extreme heat sweeps the continent", the paper reports, "UK registers hottest ever June day", "France breaks record heat again" and "extremes driven by climate crisis".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
