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canon, catalog (or catalogue), checklist, list, listing, menu, register, roll, roll call, roster, schedule, table
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Doctors told the family Addyson's disorder requires a near-perfect bone marrow match, but out of 14 million donors in the Be The Match registry - one of the largest marrow registries in the world - none are a match. — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, "'I feel like we are staring death in the face': Family pleads for bone marrow donors for 3-year-old," 22 Aug. 2019 Without such a registry, the system is useless because there is no way for the government to prove whether a transaction is in compliance with the law. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 22 Aug. 2019 To avoid being targeted, Kuwaiti oil tankers were re-flagged under the U.S. shipping registry, obscuring their true ownership. — Rockford Weitz, The Conversation, "What is at stake in the Strait of Hormuz?," 19 July 2019 Since 2001, 19 species, including lions, tigers, and gorillas, have to either be recorded onto a state registry, or owners face an outright ban. — Ines Novacic, CBS News, ""Bred simply to be shot": Inside America's exotic hunting industry," 9 June 2019 In rebalancing the designers’ registry, ED’s editors had only to look at our own design coverage to find top talent. — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, "The Women on This Year's ELLE Decor A-List Outnumber the Men," 22 May 2019 But, the registry has been rife with irregularities. — Fox News, "After Epstein death, glaring loopholes in national sex offender registry raise concerns," 16 Aug. 2019 According to Margaret Hamburg, co-chair of the advisory committee and foreign secretary of the National Academy of Medicine, the committee has called for the establishment of a registry of relevant research in this area. — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, "Scientists Seek Better Guidelines for Editing Genes in Human Embryos," 15 Aug. 2019 Not liking the idea of a registry is an excellent reason for not having one. — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, "Miss Manners: They ask how we made our baby. Do I really have to explain?," 12 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'registry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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