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as in supplies
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
the dealership has an unusually large inventory of pre-owned vehicles
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as in summaries
a short statement of the main points
offers an informative inventory of everything that is known about the virus at this time
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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
Chloé Farand, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Crude is effectively trading on a geopolitical risk premium as investors hedge against prolonged disruptions and critically low inventories, Goldman said.
—Lee Ying Shan,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
With strait shipments stopped, consumer electronics and manufacturing hubs in China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea are drawing on their energy reserves and inventories.
—Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Missile inventories have been sharply diminished, and production lines and storage facilities repeatedly struck.
—Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
What that means is, that the inventories that are forward positioned in the world are going to be exhausted.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
This category includes consumer spending and private investment, but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
This category includes consumer spending and private investment, but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The report about the bust at the Basilica of Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura was published by Valentina Salerno, who undertook a decade of research into notarial records, inventories, wills, and correspondence, paired with stylistic analysis to connect the sculpture to Michelangelo.
—News Desk, Artforum, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
March saw one of the largest drawdowns on global oil inventories on record.
—Chloé Farand, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Crude is effectively trading on a geopolitical risk premium as investors hedge against prolonged disruptions and critically low inventories, Goldman said.
—Lee Ying Shan,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
With strait shipments stopped, consumer electronics and manufacturing hubs in China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea are drawing on their energy reserves and inventories.
—Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Missile inventories have been sharply diminished, and production lines and storage facilities repeatedly struck.
—Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
What that means is, that the inventories that are forward positioned in the world are going to be exhausted.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
This category includes consumer spending and private investment, but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
This category includes consumer spending and private investment, but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The report about the bust at the Basilica of Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura was published by Valentina Salerno, who undertook a decade of research into notarial records, inventories, wills, and correspondence, paired with stylistic analysis to connect the sculpture to Michelangelo.
—News Desk, Artforum, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventories
Noun
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Meanwhile, employees at both DFW Airport and Love Field are collecting donations – including nonperishable food, hygiene items, baby supplies, and gas or grocery gift cards – to further support federal aviation workers affected by the shutdown.—
Lauren Crawford,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The idea was controversial, because volcanoes were always thought to act independently, tapping their own supplies of molten, eruptible rock.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Video tools include text-to-video, image-to-video, caption generation, YouTube summaries, transcriptions, and translations.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Translation tools, meeting summaries and captions have the ability to smooth over gaps in fluency and assist non-native speakers in writing emails, translating, and functioning more confidently in English-first settings.—
Aslesha Mehta,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The show's official website lists several nearby parking garages for attendees.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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This distinction was missing both from popular discourse, the academics felt, and from an influential definition of antisemitism associated with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which lists numerous examples of antisemitism related to criticism of Israel.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Families or groups tend to go out for kebabs, and the standard repertoires available at these restaurants appeal broadly by design.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Some of it comes from being different ages, playing different instruments and different repertoires.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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