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 list published by Fars included Qatar’s main port, Hamad; and the King Fahd Industrial Port (KFIP) at Yanbu on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, which has become a logistics hub for the US military.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • The full list of parks is available on the Sacramento County website.
    Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
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  • Young is being held in the Wyandotte County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond, according to the jail’s inmate listing.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • An Anthropic listing would build on momentum from June’s massive SpaceX IPO and further open the public markets to companies at the center of the AI boom.
    Hugh Son,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 15 July 2026
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  • The company's shares have struggled because biotechnology customers spent much of the past two years working through excess inventory accumulated during the pandemic.
    Harvey Stober, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • Those duties include protecting estate assets, notifying creditors, maintaining financial records and filing an inventory of the estate with the court.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
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  • The mill delivers fresh iterations of core of denim in Modern Icon, a capsule with refined constructions, clear twill lines, rich indigo depths and premium hand feel.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • Similar to past iterations, music will play a large role in the variety program.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 July 2026

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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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