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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Noun

Explore See latest videos, charts and news Members of Bryan’s band were also spotted in matching shirts, according to TMZ, with fan footage of the moment quickly circulating on social media. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026 The song was still climbing the Billboard charts when the band was in the studio with Kimball. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 When looking for best ideas for the fourth quarter nothing jumped off the charts to me — literally — like bitcoin . — Jay Woods, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Don’t expect a multitude of data charts and the like, though. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 The song topped the music charts and was nominated for an Oscar. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Getting used to single living also gave her a chance to reconnect with her pure country roots after spending years in the pop-country realm that’s dominating the Billboard charts. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 The app that people use to access the Muse AI agent topped Apple’s charts for free productivity apps, surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

The movie charts the evolution of OpenAI and dramatizes the tumultuous time when Altman was controversially fired and then rehired by the AI giant. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 But as the company charts its path forward, its plan to court subscribers might not put so much emphasis on big-name moviemakers. — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 Camille Fournier’s The Manager’s Path charts the climb into management; Will Larson’s Staff Engineer argues the IC track is real leadership. — Aditi Khullar, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Skate pairs that in 2016 went for between $80 and $900 are now $200 to $1,230, according to HockeySkates DB, a database that charts the prices from various companies. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 Though inspired by a real-life case, Herzog charts his own path with this tale. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 The film charts the rise of the UK’s notorious tabloid newspaper The Sun in the 1970s under the editorship of Larry Lamb, after he was poached from the Daily Mirror in 1969 by then budding media mogul Rupert Murdoch. — Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 Writer-director Aung Phyoe’s enthralling, visually striking drama Fruit Gathering charts a homoerotic friendship between two young Burmese women. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 The experiment uses data from Starling's cameras, as well as a catalog on the spacecraft that charts thousands of known satellites and space objects around it. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for charts

Noun

The earliest Democrats could enact new maps would be for the 2028 election.

— Colin Pascal, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
The team reviewed 911 calls, radio communications, dispatch data, evacuation maps, staffing plans and more.

— Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

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The Marine Corps describes it as a highly mobile and rapidly deployable system intended for sea denial and littoral protection.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Truong describes ground networks as high capacity where people cluster, satellites as wide-area coverage, and the stratospheric layer as a bridge for places that are hard or expensive to serve.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026

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The urgency of their push comes as major European companies undergo huge job losses — Volkswagen plans to cut 100,000 workers — which experts have said could drive political upheaval.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The president plans to attend Saturday's big college football matchup between Alabama and Georgia, after attending Texas at Tennessee late last month.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of plans

Verb

The film, billed as a biographical dramedy, tells the story of a chaotic boardroom crisis at OpenAI in November 2023, when co-founder Altman was fired and then re-hired at the AI giant.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Ilya is looking for work as an assistant, and the professor, with his dandyish nerd arrogance, tells him to look at a paper he’s written and come back in a few days.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of tells

Verb

Another option is sale of plant (SOP), where Linde designs and builds the processing plant for customers and sells the equipment.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Safer ship designs A digital twin is a virtual model that mirrors a real-world physical object, system, or process using live data.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of designs

Verb

Both are high-stakes and costly gambits, but as Vivienne Walt reports, Forrest is determined to prove that business can be a force for positive change.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
The Knight-Newhouse Foundation reports that the FBS generated $13 billion in revenue in 2025, most of which came from media rights and donor contributions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of reports

Verb

Royal expert Ingrid Seward, who knew Diana and whose latest book, Catherine and Diana, chronicles the lives of the Princesses of Wales, believes the battle to control Diana’s legacy will continue beyond next year’s milestone anniversary.

— Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Glass chronicles the chaos as home buyers thronged into tracts without schools, sewers, trash removal, or viable tax bases.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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