inventories 1 of 2

plural of inventory

inventories

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of inventory
as in lists
to make a list of would you inventory the supplies in the back room?

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Recent Examples of inventories
Noun
Rather than maintaining separate inventories of conventional mortar ammunition and specialized aerial munitions, the system is intended to make existing rounds compatible with another delivery method. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026 In his opening address, Al Jaber warned that nearly a billion barrels had been drawn from global oil inventories since the disruption of Hormuz, illustrating how quickly geopolitical instability can affect global energy supplies. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Meanwhile, distillate inventories dropped to their lowest levels in two decades. — CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026 Low inventories and tight spare capacity could magnify further energy price spikes. — Jihad Azour, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026 The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Governments are pushing defense manufacturers to replenish inventories, modernize capabilities and accelerate deliveries. — Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 That could lift commodity prices, although ample inventories and good harvests elsewhere may limit the impact on groceries. — Cathy Bussewitz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026 And inventories of used electric vehicles dropped too, with only 31 days of supply in May, 23% below the year before. — John Paul Helveston, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventories
Noun
  • Residents are struggling to secure drinking water and food supplies as the Houthis restrict movement into the city.
    — AHMED HATEM, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The supplies still arrive, but no driver is exposed to the attack.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • In an era when search results and AI summaries repeat whatever was said first, that sentence can follow a company for years.
    — Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Features like Catch me up (notification summaries) and Pay Attention (meeting notes) are still supported, but the company appears to have dropped the Moto AI branding.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter The Guinness Book of World Records lists Ivan Smalyukh as the inventor of the most transparent material known.
    — Matthew von Hippel, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Bary also lists stocks that have continued to rise in price after Berkshire cut its stakes, with Apple being the worst offender.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Logan Henderson, Robert Gasser and Dustin May have impressive repertoires of their own.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • By separating skill acquisition from task specification, BeyondMimic provides a route toward humanoid robots that can learn large repertoires of human movement and recombine those skills to handle new situations without task-specific retraining.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Inventories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventories. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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