(n.) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
(n.) An example for instruction or warning.
(n.) An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.
(v. t.) To teach; to school.
(v. t.) To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.
Example Sentences:
(1) By presenting the case history of a man who successively developed facial and trigeminal neural dysfunction after Mohs chemosurgery of a PCSCC, this paper documents histologically the occurrence of such neural invasion, and illustrates the utility of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance scanning in patient management.
(2) Nine of 14 patients studied for documented clinical relapse had positive repeat studies.
(3) Tumor shrinkage was documented by A-scan ultrasonography in all but one patient.
(4) The performance characteristics of the CCD are well documented and understood, having been quantified by many experimenters, especially in the physical sciences.
(5) Of the 594 patients, 23.7% died and 38.7% had documented inhalation injury.
(6) There have been numerous documented cases of people being forced to seek hospital treatment after eating meat contaminated with high concentrations of clenbuterol.
(7) The patients were classified into two groups according to the presence (n = 166) or absence (n = 176) of documented episodes of atrial fibrillation preoperatively.
(8) In documents due to be published by the bank, it will signal a need to shed costs from a business that employs 10,000 people as it scrambles to return to profit.
(9) Four of the five ectopic pregnancies occurred in patients with previously documented tubal pathology.
(10) They more precisely delineate the hazard identification process and the factors important in supporting risk decisions for developmental toxicants than does any other document.
(11) The present study was done in order to document the ability of the eighth cranial nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) to regenerate, the anatomic characteristics of the regenerated fibers, and the specificity of projections from individual endorgan branches of the nerve.
(12) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
(13) On Friday, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry appeared to confirm those fears, telling reporters that the joint declaration, a deal negotiated by London and Beijing guaranteeing Hong Kong’s way of life for 50 years, “was a historical document that no longer had any practical significance”.
(14) New studies have documented otolaryngologic abnormalities.
(15) 83 well documented cases of amoebic hepatic abscess, treated in the Philippines between 1967 and 1975, are presented with a view to showing the results of 3 different methods of management and comparing the diagnostic accuracy and overall mortality in 2 separate groups.
(16) These data support a modest role for alpha 1-adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction during exercise but fail to document an additional role for postsynaptic alpha 2-adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction during exercise.
(17) A retrospective review of 388 patients who presented to the Mayo Clinic for treatment of endometrial carcinoma between 1979 and 1983 was performed and the surgical and pathologic observations were documented.
(18) However, the effect of prior jaw motion and the effect of the recording site on the EMG amplitudes and on the vertical dimension of minimum EMG activity have not been documented.
(19) The frequency of spontaneously occurring mutants resistant to 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8 micrograms of temafloxacin or ciprofloxacin per milliliter was documented with four Staphylococcus aureus and four Staphylococcus epidermidis strains.
(20) Documents seen by the Guardian show that blood supplies for one fiscal year were paid for by donations from America’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) – and both countries have imposed economic sanctions against the Syrian government.
Portfolio
Definition:
(n.) A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.
(n.) Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war; to resign the portfolio.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added that 45% of traffic to Local World's extensive portfolio of websites – 76 newspaper sites, 26 This is … sites and 400 hyper local sites – comes from mobile devices.
(2) This non-cabinet post – equivalent to a minister without portfolio – enabled him to be at the centre of all government activities.
(3) The 2-dimensional portfolio-matrix will be used to analyse these factors, manifesting both the overall activity of a research unit and the development of new research and funding strategies.
(4) Camden Town is a creative business with a great range of brands that will complement our existing portfolio.” Mark Benner, managing director of the Society of Independent Brewers (Siba) said: “As craft beer continues to grow in popularity and steal market share we are likely to see more global brewers looking to take over craft breweries, something which makes membership to Siba even more important for breweries looking to differentiate themselves, as consumers look to seek out truly independent craft brewed beers.” • This article was amended on 21 December 2015 because Guinness is owned by Diageo, not SAB Miller as an earlier version said.
(5) That would usually be the point of the match, having gone in 2-0 down at the interval, when United would be expected to set about trying to add another story to their portfolio of exceptional comebacks.
(6) In his critique of a GST increase on equity grounds, Bowen noted that Morrison had opened his tenure in the treasury portfolio by declaring the Commonwealth had a spending problem, not a revenue problem – but now seemed more interested in chasing revenue than cutting spending.
(7) In the past couple of years, it has purchased portfolios of loans from RBS, National Australia Bank, Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and Lloyds Bank, betting on a recovery in European property markets.
(8) Hancock is covering the same portfolios but has moved up a rung from his previous position as a parliamentary under secretary of state.
(9) Renzi is also in the market for a prestigious portfolio for Italy's commissioner, who could be either Enrico Letta or Massimo D'Alema, both former prime ministers.
(10) In a review published on Thursday, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (Icai) says the Department for International Development (DfID) has failed to turn rhetoric about how bolstering the private sector can help end global poverty into a realistic, well-balanced and joined-up portfolio of programmes.
(11) We are really disappointed to hear that from April 2015 the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds will no longer be funded by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation.
(12) Often, a fund manager may run both unit trusts and investment trusts with similar aims and almost identical portfolios.
(13) I am looking forward to working closely with him to ensure the BBC's television portfolio remains the envy of the broadcasting world."
(14) The Blairs' property portfolio already includes a £3.6m townhouse and an £800,000 adjoining mews house in Connaught Square, London, two flats in Bristol and the constituency home in Trimdon, Co Durham, which Blair bought when he was elected MP for Sedgefield in 1983.
(15) The Rockefeller Brothers Fund pledged to reduce its investments in coal and tar sands to less than 1% of its portfolio.
(16) Currently a junior employment minister, she has been widely tipped as a shoo-in for Ken Clarke's job in the cabinet as minister for TV studios (or minister without portfolio, to give it its official title).
(17) He said it was clear to him from the time he took the industry portfolio post election that Holden did not intend to stay in Adelaide.
(18) "This sits within Nick Clegg's portfolio and I'm sure he's working on those answers," he said.
(19) Channel 4 is keen to talk of its business as a single portfolio.
(20) Other parts of the group's vast food portfolio could also be put on the block.