1
as in reciting
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 counting
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 listing
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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Traditional activities include reciting prayers near a body of water and eating foods such as apples dipped in honey.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025 -
For some brides and grooms, the prospect of writing and publicly reciting their wedding vows can be daunting.—
Sophie Caldwell,
CNBC,
21 Sep. 2025
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Ballot boxes have closed across Syria in the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime, as counting continued late into Sunday evening in what officials described as a defining step in Syria’s political transition.—
Eyad Kourdi,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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The sleek digital features keep the game moving faster and prevent those classic squabbles over counting cash.—
Emily Glover,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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By listing the numbers in all these vectors as one set of coordinates, Galashin was able to define a point in a high-dimensional space.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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On desktop, scroll down to the bottom of the album listing and find more releases of the same album at the bottom right.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration has not yet compiled a fiscal impact report or memo outlining the impact of federal budget cuts on Tennessee.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Each agency maintains its own shutdown plan, outlining which staff remain on duty.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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And even in a film telling a universal story, some cultural allusions speak most strongly to the home audience.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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American technologists have been telling educators to rapidly adopt their new inventions for over a century.—
Justin Reich,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Firefighters have finished inventorying homes and buildings in Rico and are now focused on building a contingency line to protect the town in the unlikely event the fire burns over Anchor Mountain.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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Neither Russia nor Ukraine publish data detailing the scale of their own strike campaigns.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Then, it was joined by other tributes and links to news stories detailing the crash that took Arik's life.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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As noted by Tax Notes, millions of sports gamblers are not aware that this deduction only applies to those who are itemizing their deductions, leading to significant tax non-compliance.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Enumerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumerating. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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