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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for enumeration
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Noun
  • The 60-day injury list would change to 12 weeks and would still free up a 40-man roster spot.
    Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Below is a list of the grants and their descriptions included in a news release from the governor's office.
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The home could become a restaurant or a bed and breakfast, or its bedrooms could be converted into booths, according to its listing.
    Joe Marusak August 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Know More Saudi Arabia has been working on several measures in a bid to boost trading volumes on the stock exchange and reenergize new stock listings that had been faltering even before the Iran war spooked investors.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • As crude inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drain toward their operational limits, America is left, armed with just 300 million barrels.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The jurist raised concerns about the state of the RMS Titanic collection and ordered that an inventory of the items and their condition be filed with the court.
    Liam Bowman, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The new iteration, however, has not been battle tested and the current version of the SAMP/T has a smaller range than the Patriot.
    Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Controversial from the start The study is the latest iteration of one that began after Hurricane Irma struck in 2017.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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