indexing

1 of 2

noun

in·dex·ing ˈin-ˌdek-siŋ

Synonyms of indexing

: indexation

indexing

2 of 2

present participle of index entry 2

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Doing the homework But Lerner expects the bull market to remain intact, saying the current environment appears to reward active investing rather than passive indexing. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Much as low-cost indexing reduced the value of active management that did not consistently add value, AI may raise expectations across the industry and focus attention on areas where advisors offer insight, judgment and perspective. — Alex Shahidi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Winding machines can process up to 240 cells per minute, while a rotary indexing system performs tab flattening and full-tab forming in a single step. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 Many users found pages through Yahoo-style directories, bookmarks, newsgroups, email signatures, and links from site to site because the web was still small enough that human organization could compete with machine indexing. — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 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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