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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
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
And until supplies recover, global oil inventories will continue to remain under pressure.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 June 2026
But reopening the strait this week may not get oil out of the Persian Gulf fast enough to prevent crude inventories from effectively running to empty.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
At the time, renewable capacity additions were limited, and thermal coal inventories across major Asian markets were significantly lower.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
That’s in part due to companies stockpiling inventories due to concerns around supply disruptions, says Bernard Aw, chief economist for the Asia Pacific region at Coface.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 June 2026
That’s a reflection of links in the gasoline supply chain, including transportation, inventories, refining, and retail pricing.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 18 June 2026
My thesis simply assumes that geopolitical risk, tight inventories, and lingering supply disruption keep crude supported enough to prevent a deeper breakdown in energy equities.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Noun
Naval forces are increasingly looking for ways to defeat large numbers of drones without exhausting expensive missile inventories.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
And until supplies recover, global oil inventories will continue to remain under pressure.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 June 2026
But reopening the strait this week may not get oil out of the Persian Gulf fast enough to prevent crude inventories from effectively running to empty.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
At the time, renewable capacity additions were limited, and thermal coal inventories across major Asian markets were significantly lower.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
That’s in part due to companies stockpiling inventories due to concerns around supply disruptions, says Bernard Aw, chief economist for the Asia Pacific region at Coface.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 June 2026
That’s a reflection of links in the gasoline supply chain, including transportation, inventories, refining, and retail pricing.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 18 June 2026
My thesis simply assumes that geopolitical risk, tight inventories, and lingering supply disruption keep crude supported enough to prevent a deeper breakdown in energy equities.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventories
Noun
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Road blockades have caused shortages of food, fuel and medical supplies in parts of the country and ground the economy to a halt over the past 50 days.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Nick Engen and Taylor Calmus CBS To help encourage fathers navigating similar experiences, Taylor Calmus, creator of the popular online Dude Dad brand, visited the NICU ahead of Father's Day to surprise Engen and other dads with gift bags filled with supplies.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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Small businesses can reduce operational drag by using AI for meeting summaries, email drafting, scheduling coordination, invoice processing, CRM updates and document organization.—
Scott Byrne,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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This section contains summaries from textbooks, as well as answers to exercises within them.—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
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For each ingredient, the site lists a short description, other foods or beverages that use it, and whether it is authorized for use by food safety regulators, including the Food and Drug Administration, the European Food Safety Authority, and Health Canada.—
Jing Feng,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
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Fomo lists more assets than Coinbase, is available globally, and is onboarding around 3,500 new users per day, said Park.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
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Learning a dozen-plus pitchers, getting a grasp on their repertoires, determining how they can best be handled and what makes each tick was a challenge, along with understanding how the Rays do things.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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This is about the leap toward specificity, to diving below the surface of the most broadly appealing, easy-to-synthesize dishes — the ones, from any nation’s cuisine, that rarely make their way into restaurant repertoires.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Inventories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventories. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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