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
His abiding grievance punctuates this enumeration of parental failures, and the concluding oath gives the accusation a legal force.
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Literary Hub, 5 May 2025
The text was pretty simple: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 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
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Literary Hub, 5 May 2025
The text was pretty simple: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enumeration
Noun
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McDavid reached 1,220 career points, passing Jeremy Roenick, Larry Murphy and Jean Beliveau to advance to 47th on the NHL list.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Here is a list of all the NFL draft events happening around Pittsburgh during the week of the NFL's spectacle.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Event listings should be submitted at least two weeks in advance.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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This is a listing for 'This Week' airing Sunday, April 12, 2026.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Even as politicians nationwide promise to build more homes to lower prices, inventory hasn’t yet matched those promises, and home prices remain elevated.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Either way, concerns about empty seats may be overblown since the fourth and final phase of ticket sales didn’t begin until April 1 and tournament organizers are confident demand will match inventory.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That iteration of WeWork became a bankrupt cautionary tale with $18 billion in debt in 2023, when Neumann was ousted.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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The latest iteration of Little House arrives over 40 years after the Little House on the Prairie series wrapped on NBC in 1983.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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