as in list
a long list of things one after another
We were provided with an exhaustive enumeration of the inventory, ordered by amount currently on hand.
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Recent Examples of enumeration
However, even if a citizenship question was included on a subsequent enumeration, the U.S. Supreme Court should— and very likely still would—strike down federal anti-alien reapportionment legislation as a blatant affront to the Constitution’s requirements.
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Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Dudek stopped short of explaining the reasoning behind the SSA’s initial proposal to discontinue birth enumeration for residents of the state.
—Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Mitre describes a type confusion vulnerability, also known as common weakness enumeration 843, as occurring when a resource such as a pointer or object is accessed by a resource using an incompatible type.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
This method, known as an enumeration attack, leads to $1.1 billion in fraud losses annually, comprising a significant share of overall global losses due to fraud, according to Visa.
—Sheila Chiang, CNBC, 26 July 2024
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Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Dudek stopped short of explaining the reasoning behind the SSA’s initial proposal to discontinue birth enumeration for residents of the state.
—Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Mitre describes a type confusion vulnerability, also known as common weakness enumeration 843, as occurring when a resource such as a pointer or object is accessed by a resource using an incompatible type.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
This method, known as an enumeration attack, leads to $1.1 billion in fraud losses annually, comprising a significant share of overall global losses due to fraud, according to Visa.
—Sheila Chiang, CNBC, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enumeration
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Some of the people included on the organization's list have no criminal records, according to their lawyers.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Rent has been falling in recent months in parts of the country that have built the most new homes, including rental units—topping the list is Austin, Texas, which Zillow identifies as the most affordable metropolitan area in the country for rent.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Pop Mart kick-started its global expansion following a 676 million listing in Hong Kong in 2020.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The average number of active listings for August from 1985 to 2024 is 15,321.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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Less than four months of inventory indicates a seller's market; more than six signals a buyer's market.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Their collection is carefully chosen—a thoughtful selection rather than a catch-all inventory.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The exercise, which comes to its 66th iteration, included in-port and underway phases, with the latter featuring live-fire drills—such as a ship-sinking event and a ship-to-shore landing and force withdrawal, demonstrating amphibious capabilities.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Often the result of multiple small iterations to a larger interface strategy, design drift is easy to curtail once it’s been identified.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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