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 The enumeration system starting in Roosevelt, Utah, runs ambitiously and intermittently through dozens of desert miles to reach the right-angle intersection of 6,000th South and 47,000th West. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for enumeration
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Noun
  • Vestas, which also features on Fortune’s Change the World list, has built the most turbines of any company globally.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As of late September, a few of the problems from the new list have been solved, including some landmark ones.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Book Now at Tuba Club All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The main house, a 19th-century hunting lodge, is today a palatial nine-bedroom, nine-and-a-half bath, according to the listing.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Customers can review that inventory, creating a clearer record of what was received and how each piece was assessed.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • With a global art calendar packed tightly with international fairs, major gallery shows, and private secondary market inventory, buyers returning from the summer break were met with a sudden influx of choices.
    — Hok-hang Cheung, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The bill has gone through several iterations and overwhelmingly passed the Senate in 2024.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The next iteration replaced the sea foam with prismatic and floral elements.
    — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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