1
as in supply
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
the dealership has an unusually large inventory of pre-owned vehicles
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2
as in summary
a short statement of the main points
offers an informative inventory of everything that is known about the virus at this time
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as in to list
to make a list of
would you inventory the supplies in the back room?
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Recent Examples of inventory
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Goodwill locations frequently add new inventory, so checking back regularly increases the chances of finding a valuable piece.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Understand What Shouldn’t Be Moved To The Cloud An essential step in a cloud-first application strategy is to inventory all your business processes with the understanding that not everything is appropriate for a move to the cloud.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Add to that costs of lining up celebrity talent and rights to popular music, setting up social-media marketing and retail programs — and, often, paying for a broader package of advertising inventory with the TV network showing the football spectacular.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Goodwill locations frequently add new inventory, so checking back regularly increases the chances of finding a valuable piece.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
Other improvements include a comprehensive nurse assessment during intake and a new system for inventorying and securing prescription medication.
—Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Understand What Shouldn’t Be Moved To The Cloud An essential step in a cloud-first application strategy is to inventory all your business processes with the understanding that not everything is appropriate for a move to the cloud.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventory
Noun
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Consistent access to a sufficient supply of safe water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene is the foundation for child survival, healthier lives, stronger economies and more sustainable societies.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Dittmann had gotten stuck in the same area in January and had to toss his bag, thinking all the supplies had gone to waste.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Cybertruck, according to the autopsy summary, caught fire and fully burned.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Along with listing its price growth outlook, the central bank also halved the U.K.’s economic growth forecast from 1.5% to 0.75% this year.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
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One of her duets with co-star Cynthia Erivo lives on four different rankings in the country, but not the Official Physical Singles list this time around.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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One of the best ways to serve that mission, the directors of seven different ensembles tell Billboard at the end of their 2024-25 football season, is to incorporate fresh pop music into their repertoires — a goal that’s easier said than done.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
12 Feb. 2025
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Our repertoire includes pop songs, show tunes, folk and world music.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The outline provides guardrails, keeping the narrative focused and purposeful.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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This spacious pouch has all the classic features of the brand’s other functional bags, but this iteration is decorated with a rich, silky red sheen, complete with the subtle outline of a snake.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Her mint-green house in Frade, a gated condominium on the bay, served as a base for the expedition, whose members would relax around a table near a pool and a tree with fuchsia blossoms.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Limiting the pool to those who were under 25 and didn’t step to the plate 350 times last year costs us someone like Wyatt Langford, but still leaves us a smorgasbord of young talent, all above-average across the league in our four-stat score.—
Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Dividends Many Americans receive income through dividend payouts from stocks.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Nvidia’s stock bounced between gains and losses through Monday, helping to pull the S&P 500 and other indexes up and down in its wake.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Inventory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventory. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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