registry
noun
the act of registering; registration.
registries
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pluralof registry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The US leader listed several activities that he said needed to stop immediately: "oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies".
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
He listed several activities that he said need to stop immediately: "oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies."
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Still, China’s measures have exposed the vulnerability of the fees that Panama receives from its vessel-flagging business, one of the world’s largest ship registries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
“One of the Permanent Bureaus of the Internal Administration. Looks out after false registries, unauthorized travel, job-substitutions, forgeries, that sort of thing—trash. That’s what mm/means in gutter-Orgota, trash, it’s a nickname.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
