indexing

noun

in·dex·ing ˈin-ˌdek-siŋ

Synonyms of indexing

: indexation

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The legislature and governor opted for five years — and indexing, albeit one more sensitive to wage increases, not consumer prices. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 Why would users want to potentially slow down their iPhones now [for the indexing] in order to pre-empt something that for most people won’t happen until September at the earliest. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 This update will kick off some indexing work that will then be leveraged in an ostensibly much more robust Spotlight search feature when iOS 27 launches next month. — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026 Direct indexing means owning the individual stocks that make up an index, like the S&P 500 or the Russell 1000, rather than buying the index through a mutual fund or ETF. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for indexing

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1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of indexing was in 1974

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