Thesaurus results for CHARTS

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noun

plural of chart

as in maps

an illustration of certain features of a geographical area a chart of that section of the coastline will show any possible hazards

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verb

present tense third-person singular of chart

as in describes

to give an oral or written account of in some detail the book charts the years between the two World Wars

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as in plans

to work out the details of (something) in advance charted the entire campaign for governor before she even agreed to run

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Recent Examples of charts

Noun

González pulled up a Power Point with sample questions and charts. —

David Ovalle, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026 The odds may be long, but Singh’s aspirations are off the charts. —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026 Esteban Lepaul opened the scoring for Rennes and moved top of the Ligue 1 charts with 17 goals. —

ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026 His instincts, toughness and football character are off the charts. —

Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 The creators of some of the most transcendent and popular music ever made have largely fallen off the charts — or simply fallen. —

Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 Reemerging at a time when indie-rock and alt-country are mingling to substantial success and when slick, young Americana stars fill stadiums, top mainstream charts, and release data-dumps worth of material, Souled American sounds defiantly anachronistic. —

Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026 Inspired by director Daniel Blake Schwartz’s real-life experiences, this striking debut feature charts the uneven cycles of addiction and recovery among several interconnected lives in Chelsea, Massachusetts with grit and emotional clarity. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026 Anthropic’s Claude, too, provides similar tutorials with interactive charts and diagrams. —

Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026

Verb

There’s a real game of cat and mouse happening as the documentarian delves into Michaels’ past, charts his numerous career highs (and one major low), and follows him around during the intimate process of putting together a typical SNL episode. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026 The new film charts Pablo's life and visits his descendants. —

K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026 On Monday, April 13, Vertical released a trailer for the upcoming movie The Wizard of the Kremlin, which charts Putin's rise to power in Russia in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. —

Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026 As the façade of privilege begins to crack, the film charts an unsettling psychological terrain. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026 Stamper, a lexicographer and former editor at Merriam-Webster, charts the history of how thousands of colors came to be defined in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961. —

The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 Overshadowed by the recent 50th anniversary of the Chicago Reader and its change in ownership, as well as a thick and handsome coffee table book that charts its history, has been Newcity’s current February/March issue. —

Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 Instead, the live-action series charts its own course by rearranging the source material and actively building on it, expanding on elements only teased in the manga and anime. —

Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 As Isaacman charts a new course for the agency's lunar missions, its next Artemis mission remains delayed. —

Brendan Byrne, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026

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Lidar scanners — the same tech that allows self-driving cars to create 3D maps of their environments — had been capturing the day-by-day evolution of the giant cactus for six months.

— Alina Hartounian, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
During the event, old maps from the extensive Moellering Collection were on display throughout the library.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026