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
Patches are commonly developed for critical vulnerability enumerations (CVEs).
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Austin Gadient, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
However, even if a citizenship question was included on a subsequent enumeration, the U.S. Supreme Court should— and very likely still would—strike down federal anti-alien reapportionment legislation as a blatant affront to the Constitution’s requirements.
— Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Dudek stopped short of explaining the reasoning behind the SSA’s initial proposal to discontinue birth enumeration for residents of the state.
—Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Mitre describes a type confusion vulnerability, also known as common weakness enumeration 843, as occurring when a resource such as a pointer or object is accessed by a resource using an incompatible type.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Austin Gadient, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
However, even if a citizenship question was included on a subsequent enumeration, the U.S. Supreme Court should— and very likely still would—strike down federal anti-alien reapportionment legislation as a blatant affront to the Constitution’s requirements.
— Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Dudek stopped short of explaining the reasoning behind the SSA’s initial proposal to discontinue birth enumeration for residents of the state.
—Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Mitre describes a type confusion vulnerability, also known as common weakness enumeration 843, as occurring when a resource such as a pointer or object is accessed by a resource using an incompatible type.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enumeration
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Shields advises getting the porch ready for weekend hangs outdoors by checking a few basic tasks off of your list.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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Her comments come as people debate the necessity of school supply lists as the back-to-school season rolls out.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
6 Aug. 2025
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What Happens Behind The Scenes Job seekers have been using resume auto-submit bots to blast their resumes to hundreds of openings—sometimes even before the listings go fully public.—
Tammy Homegardner,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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David Parnes, Sam Collins, and James Harris of Carolwood Estates held the listing, with Pitt repped by Carolwood’s Marci Kays and Jonathan Mogharrabi.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
7 Aug. 2025
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This is happening in part because many sellers have returned to the market after years of waiting for mortgage rates to come down; but also because much of this additional inventory is not going under contract, and is now piling up on the market.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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This followed a negative first-quarter GDP estimate that was largely a result of the timing of trade chaos forcing companies to stockpile goods before pricing in consumers purchasing that inventory.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
1 Aug. 2025
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As fate would have it, the $40 million comedy is the last film that the current iteration of Paramount Pictures will release before David Ellison’s Skydance officially closes its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global on Aug. 7.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Aug. 2025
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The third iteration of the council under President Lyndon B. Johnson formalized the fitness test in 1966, and added the element of an award for top performers.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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