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 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 This method, known as an enumeration attack, leads to $1.1 billion in fraud losses annually, comprising a significant share of overall global losses due to fraud, according to Visa. Sheila Chiang, CNBC, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for enumeration
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  • This Kentucky favorite made the list At Hermitage Farm, 10500 US-42 in Goshen, guests are invited to visit with horses, learn about how bourbon goes from seeds to sipping, and enjoy homegrown produce at the restaurant and the Hermitage Farm Store.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Ergofoot Orthopedic Slippers For those on my holiday list who have more sensitive and pain-prone feet, this orthopedic pair stands out from the crowd.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Check out the Carolina Panthers Radio Network for local listings.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Ultimate Hauler 18 arrived a little earlier this year but just recently started appearing in dealership listings and advertisements.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • The company’s Amazon Web Services will launch a real-time bidding service for ad buyers and sellers called AWS RTB Fabric, with a goal of helping marketers and media outlets buy and sell digital commercial inventory through split-second auctions.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Blue Jay follows other recent robotics developments at Amazon, including the testing the humanoid robot Digit and the inventory processing Sequoia robotics system.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Apple computers have come with text-editing software since the original Mac was released, in 1984; the current iteration of the program launched in the mid-nineties and has survived relatively unchanged.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • February’s iteration was said to be limited to 10,000 pairs worldwide, although Nike and Jordan Brand typically do not announce production numbers for specific releases.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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