enumeration

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 The Supreme Court has long since stopped enforcing the Founders’ intention that the federal government be limited by the enumeration of Congress’s powers. George F. Will, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 Michigan recently released a request for proposals to undertake a new enumeration study this year. Alexis J. Handal, The Conversation, 15 July 2024 The country may seem awfully powerful, in static enumerations of economic or military mass, but applied power—actual power out in the world—is something quite different. Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023 The allocation of federal resources and funding depends on a complete enumeration of AAPI communities. Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for enumeration 
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Noun
  • The top of that list is the largest and oldest entitlement program, Social Security--21 percent of federal spending.
    Star Parker, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Thornton played 15 seasons and is second on the team’s all-time list with 1,055 points in 1,105 games.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Check your local listings, watch full episodes here, or listen to the weekly podcast here.
    The Editors, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
  • But the rental listing will stay up and the landlord will continue to accept application fees.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This means young adults have to compete with Baby Boomers and Millennials for limited inventory.
    Jason Hidalgo, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The banquet of beautiful singing is too abundant for a complete inventory.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The first iterations of any technology are rarely efficient, and the bill for generative AI was always going to come due: Companies need to start making money eventually, and that’s probably impossible at current energy consumption levels.
    Jackie Snow, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The three iterations of the design are both playful and sophisticated.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2025

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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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