Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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With the help of artificial intelligence technology that scanned and deciphered the handwritten records, the National Archives has indexed them into a searchable database.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Since 2008, Know Your Meme’s staff has indexed some 11,228 memes and adds new entries to its database every day.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2017
Facebook: Facebook recently announced that it has indexed 2 trillion prior public posts and made them searchable by anyone.
From US News ● Oct. 27, 2015
Google Scholar has indexed much more of the literature than has Microsoft, or indeed Web of Knowledge or Scopus.
From Nature ● Aug. 3, 2011
It would remind us, and teach our children, not only how these men looked, but, to some extent, what they were, for nature is consistent, and she has indexed her labours.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
