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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
Sj Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Those cheaper inventories will be eventually run down, however.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Business inventories also shrank, subtracting over three percentage points from GDP.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
National figures for the overall growth in American whiskey inventories, and bourbon, are unavailable.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Before that, investors will monitor economic data on retail sales, import prices, the housing market and business inventories due Tuesday.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Institutions who receive federal funding are required to publish inventories of American Indian remains in their custody.
—Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Outside the Jeoffry section, the poem celebrates goats, wine, the King of Sardinia, the Postmaster General, and on and unpredictably on, compiling one of the more eccentric inventories of creation.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, analysts at EY-Parthenon sounded gloomier about the housing market in a report that also came out on Tuesday, predicting that home prices will turn negative on an annual basis by year-end due to low demand and rising inventories.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
The stabilization of apparel inventories after a period of drawdown may help motivate orders, but the cost of sourcing increased with tariffs and could prove an offsetting factor.
—Sj Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Those cheaper inventories will be eventually run down, however.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Business inventories also shrank, subtracting over three percentage points from GDP.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
National figures for the overall growth in American whiskey inventories, and bourbon, are unavailable.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Before that, investors will monitor economic data on retail sales, import prices, the housing market and business inventories due Tuesday.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Institutions who receive federal funding are required to publish inventories of American Indian remains in their custody.
—Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Outside the Jeoffry section, the poem celebrates goats, wine, the King of Sardinia, the Postmaster General, and on and unpredictably on, compiling one of the more eccentric inventories of creation.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, analysts at EY-Parthenon sounded gloomier about the housing market in a report that also came out on Tuesday, predicting that home prices will turn negative on an annual basis by year-end due to low demand and rising inventories.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventories
Noun
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Gardner carted his supplies to this featureless patch of earth near the fort, set up his tripods and cameras, and then arranged his dark tent nearby, out of sight of the camera’s lens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Although Sandu won widespread praise for helping Moldova secure EU candidate status in 2022, some voters were frustrated with the pace of reform and spiraling gas prices, after Russia cut off supplies and Moldova sought new procurement deals with Romania.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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For serious or work-critical summaries, Reminders’ new Apple Intelligence capabilities aren’t reliable enough.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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No database lists Herman’s death.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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BetMGM lists Norris and Verstappen as co-favorites at +200, with Piastri next at +250.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And while most folks have a go-to recipe for peach or blackberry pie, a fig one may not be in their repertoires.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Inventories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventories. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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