enumeration

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 The Supreme Court has long since stopped enforcing the Founders’ intention that the federal government be limited by the enumeration of Congress’s powers. George F. Will, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 Michigan recently released a request for proposals to undertake a new enumeration study this year. Alexis J. Handal, The Conversation, 15 July 2024 The country may seem awfully powerful, in static enumerations of economic or military mass, but applied power—actual power out in the world—is something quite different. Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023 The allocation of federal resources and funding depends on a complete enumeration of AAPI communities. Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for enumeration
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Noun
  • That’s the last thing on (customers’) list because that’s a luxury.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The Bengal Chapter have made it to the Netflix top 10 lists.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The metro area of Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, Virginia and North Carolina, has a 7 percent share of federal workers; here, active listings went up by 28.3 percent in the week ending on March 8.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • As active listings increased in Denver and statewide, home buyers willing to take the plunge have more options and purchasing power.
    Sara B. Hansen, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know Despite growing inventory and widespread price reductions, home prices are still rising in most of the country.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • In a historic milestone, months before the 2025 tournament was set to begin, Disney and ESPN announced the complete sellout of advertising inventory for the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship game.
    Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The song writing process became a seamless exchange; Devika recording vocals and lyrics in San Francisco, Brook layering guitar and instrumentation from his studio, each iteration building upon the last.
    Mandeep Rai, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Audio interaction has been given special attention in this iteration.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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