indexing

noun

in·​dex·​ing ˈin-ˌdek-siŋ How to pronounce indexing (audio)

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There was a time when search engines were like diligent librarians, fetching, indexing and presenting results with impartial efficiency. Roi Sorezki, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The Brave engine under the hood has implications for individuals, organizations, or companies that might want to block Claude from accessing their sites since, presumably, Brave's web crawler is doing the web indexing. Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025 Both exchange funds and direct indexing have proven to be effective tools for mitigating concentration risk and optimizing taxes. Sharon Olson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 For years, the debate has been more about whether there are aspects of indexing that are bad for the markets, meaning the process of capital allocation. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indexing

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First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of indexing was in 1974

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“Indexing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indexing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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