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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  • Today, the compounds remain the main ingredients in hundreds of products on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s list of disinfectants approved to combat SARS-CoV-2.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sal Stewart led off the fourth with his 25th home run, moving him into second place on the franchise's single-season list for homers by a rookie.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • There is also evidence from the 2017 solar eclipse that even temporary increases in demand for short-term rentals can result in a persistent increase in local Airbnb listings.
    Tim Komarek, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That outlay is nearly as much as the amount raised in the biggest initial public offering ever before SpaceX’s record listing in June.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • But without access to refrigeration, these vendors lack the broader inventory of a storefront like Gu Grocery, where Wang plans to sell an assortment of fresh produce and healthy pre-packaged meals cooked by her and her mom.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The supplies themselves belong to the Rwandan government; Zipline manages the logistics, delivery and inventory.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • The third iteration, released in 2024, expanded its prediction abilities to interactions among proteins and other molecules, including DNA, RNA and potential drugs.
    Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Good Girl Blush does is a slightly softer, more powdery iteration of the original perfume.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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