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as in lists
to specify one after another
I proceeded to enumerate the reasons why I would be justified in filing a lawsuit for negligence
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as in tells
to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added
there were more birds hovering about the bird feeder than I could possibly enumerate
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as in itemizes
to make a list of
let's enumerate the top ten reasons why Top Ten lists have gotten out of hand
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Recent Examples of enumerates
Zuckerberg enumerates one of these very specifically, and in my view, this is one of the biggest contributions of this essay.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enumerates
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One of the comments on Jessie James Decker’s video suggests rolling the cookies in shredded coconut, and my mom’s recipe also lists this as optional.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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So far, the Abbey's official website lists the bell-ringing schedule for the first half of the year.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Godfall tells the story of a small Nebraska town, which becomes the center of the world when a giant alien crash lands out of the sky beside it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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The survivor tells her story of trauma and healing in this memoir.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Both deductions can be used whether the taxpayer itemizes or takes the standard deduction, which in 2025 is $15,750 for single filers and $31,500 for married couples filing jointly.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
18 Dec. 2025
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The break can be claimed whether or not someone itemizes deductions, and is phased out starting at $150,000 for single taxpayers and $300,000 for joint filers.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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King’s recites the Nicene Creed weekly, rare among evangelical churches.—
Tara Palmeri,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Episodes are bound together by banal introductory voiceover, in which our narrator recites ominous clichés that, like everything in His & Hers, border on parody.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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Without explicit training, civil servants risk assuming that a system that writes like an expert also counts like one.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Kaling was styled by Erin Walsh, who also counts Selena Gomez and Anne Hathaway as clients.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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To learn the safest ways to use space heaters, Joshua Gunn, vice president of DREO, outlines the dos and don'ts of this winter gadget.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2026
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There’s no single gold-standard exercise regimen for women in midlife, although Lyon outlines a few types of protocols in her new book.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
14 Jan. 2026
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Outside of the payrolls and CPI report, the BLS also computes data on import and export prices, job openings, producer prices, productivity and other metrics.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
14 Nov. 2025
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When a question is asked of the FLM, the trust model removes non-domain vocabulary, computes a latent space representation and measures how close this vector is to the knowledge anchors.—
Scott Zoldi,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The new paper by the CERN SPS team, published in the journal Nature Communications, details how the team used advanced models to determine the effectiveness of nuclear deflection.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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The complaint details several other similar incidents, including one where the company claimed reimbursement for a client who was in jail for a little more than a week in 2022.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Enumerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumerates. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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