logging
Americannoun
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the process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.
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Nautical. a deduction from the pay of a sailor, made as a fine or forfeit and recorded in the logbook of the ship.
noun
Etymology
Origin of logging
Example Sentences
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You also, crucially, need to know your current Social Security benefit or your projected future benefit, depending on your situation, which you can get by logging in to your online Social Security account.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
That policy owed largely to the belief that fire damaged “pristine wilderness,” and a perceived need to protect valuable trees for logging.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
A similar change in public attitude occurred in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and a national logging ban in 2016.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Anthropic said it has rolled out features that help IT admins in areas like role-based access, spend controls, usage analytics, audit logging and curated plug-in libraries.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
By mid-April, the snow melted enough that snowplows could clear a path on old logging roads up to a landing above Coldwater Creek.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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