registry
noun
reg·is·try
ˈre-jə-strē 
plural registries
Examples of registry in a Sentence
the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
got a copy of the couple's bridal registry from the store's computer and scanned it for items we could afford
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The company is also marketing to Florida residents who for many reasons don’t want their names on the state’s medical marijuana registry.
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Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2025
Launched with a fiscal sponsorship from the Creative Visions Foundation — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which means donations are tax-deductible — the registry serves to connect musicians who lost instruments or gear in the wildfires with people who have instruments to donate.
—Zach Schonfeld, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
This makes the administration seem like a particularly untrustworthy locus for a registry to track autistic people.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
There is no unified process of secure digital closing, nor a national registry, and many local governments still rely on physical deeds and outdated non-secure databases to track homeownership.
—Natalia Karayaneva, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2025
Launched with a fiscal sponsorship from the Creative Visions Foundation — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which means donations are tax-deductible — the registry serves to connect musicians who lost instruments or gear in the wildfires with people who have instruments to donate.
—Zach Schonfeld, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
This makes the administration seem like a particularly untrustworthy locus for a registry to track autistic people.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
There is no unified process of secure digital closing, nor a national registry, and many local governments still rely on physical deeds and outdated non-secure databases to track homeownership.
—Natalia Karayaneva, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for registry
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“Registry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/registry. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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registry
noun
reg·is·try
ˈrej-ə-strē
plural registries
2
: a place of registration
3
a
: a book in which things are recorded exactly and legally
b
: something recorded in a registry
Medical Definition
registry
noun
reg·is·try
ˈrej-ə-strē
plural registries
1
: a place where data, records, or laboratory samples are kept and usually are made available for research or comparative study
a cancer registry
2
: an establishment at which nurses available for employment are listed and through which they are hired
Legal Definition
registry
noun
reg·is·try
ˈre-jə-strē
plural registries
1
: registration
an instrument filed for registry in the conveyance records—Louisiana Civil Code
Louisiana Civil Code2
: the nationality of a ship according to its entry in a register
3
: a place of registration : a place where official records and documents are kept
the registry of motor vehicles
registry of deeds
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