enumeration

Definition of enumerationnext
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 Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned. Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 The drafts were messy, but, in reality, so, too, were the handwritten ones—their own version of chaos with arrows, enumerations, and strikethroughs. Literary Hub, 15 May 2026 The set of 10 developed as the standard enumeration in the Haggadah, the liturgical text of Passover, which was first compiled in the early centuries of the Common Era and redacted toward the end of the first millennium. Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026 Anything that was anti-Jewish—a story about exclusion, an obstacle that hadn’t come down, a disapproving enumeration of supposedly Jewish traits—was possibly more fascinating. Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for enumeration
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Noun
  • The Dodgers scratched Ohtani from their upcoming probables list one day later.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Historic riding lists help keep the memories of nine firefighters alive.
    Dan Krauth, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Book Now at Islas Secas All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The top new listing last week was a condo in Seaway at The Surf Club in Surfside.
    Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Modern air defenses require large inventories of interceptors, along with the manufacturing capacity needed to replenish them.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The National Museum alone lost almost two-thirds of its inventory, comprising nearly 100,000 artifacts that covered Sudan’s prehistoric age through its Nubian era, the Kingdom of Kush, the Christian era and its Islamic period.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • He was especially taken with the original plaster walls, never repaired or covered over, that were chipping away to reveal layers of paint, plaster, and brick from the building’s previous iterations.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There is a sense of interruption throughout where the familiar is made slightly strange, and the unfinished is left intentionally exposed, giving the collections a setting that shifts with each new iteration.
    Michael Anthony Hall, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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