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 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.
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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
But first consider the majority of the text of the Declaration: a stirring enumeration of specific grievances by the American colonists against the British crown.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 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
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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
But first consider the majority of the text of the Declaration: a stirring enumeration of specific grievances by the American colonists against the British crown.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enumeration
Noun
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The Royals will monitor his progress while on the concussion list closely.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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Click on any of the bubbles to see a complete list of the transactions that make up this category, and adjust any of the transactions to fit into a different category if that better suits your budgeting style.—
Amy DeYoung,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Noun
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All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Zeke Spector, who had bought an astronaut costume in Midtown and paid FedEx $170 to print and bind the full S-1, was already planning his outfit for the Anthropic listing.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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JPMorgan’s Kaneva argued other factors include deeper-than-recognized demand losses and larger-than-reported inventories.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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China, holding roughly 15% of global oil stocks before the war broke out, could run through its oil reserves by late October if forced to draw down inventories to cover any supply shortfall, according to Fitch Ratings.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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The original bandstand was constructed in 1896 and has seen a few iterations over the years.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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The backstory Like many buildings in Savannah, the one that houses the Douglas has been through several iterations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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