Thesaurus results for ENUMERATION

enumeration

noun

Definition of enumeration

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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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Courts have questioned the reliability of the Justice Department‘s list of potential noncitize voters.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
The department also threatened to prosecute election workers in Texas and sent a letter Monday to Washington state demanding that officials segregate ballots cast by people on the government’s list, the lawsuit said.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of list

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As of October 16th of this year, Nasdaq attracted 59 companies via traditional IPOs, raising nearly 120 billion dollars, whereas the NYSE saw 32 company listings, raising only roughly 20 billion dollars.

— , CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
Requests that break the policy will be flagged in the listing editor, and hosts can appeal.

— Lena Borrelli, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of listing

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Enterprise-level software capital is increasingly flowing into tech such as Warehouse Execution Systems (WES) and digital twins to simulate layouts, predict congestion and dynamically reroute inventory.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
That distinction could make the approach relevant to weapons already in the Army’s inventory.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

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