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
Longer-term supply agreements first, then prepayments and strategic inventories, then financing arrangements or direct investments in producers. — Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 As power demand rose, natural-gas inventories were drawn down. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026 Global oil inventories have tumbled by around 2 billion barrels during the course of the Iran war, according to JPMorgan, but the market has held out. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 China still has about four to six months of stockpiles, including commercial and strategic reserves, but Beijing may soon seek to gradually restock its inventories, although the Chinese may postpone these purchases if prices continue to soar. — Greg Pollock, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 Raytheon’s production push comes as the United States and its allies seek larger missile inventories. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026 Emergency inventories, meanwhile, have reached dangerously low levels and have not been replenished. — Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026 The White House and the Pentagon have downplayed concerns about depleted weapons inventories. — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventories
Noun
  • Russia extended its own diesel export ban for at least another month, while China suspended fuel exports for October, a move that will further squeeze global energy supplies.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • About 7% of global energy supplies and around 12% to 15% of all global shipping transit the strait.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Many users express frustration with AI's inaccuracies, misleading information, and the intrusive nature of AI summaries.
    — Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Agentic systems require enterprises to understand where personal data is transformed into summaries, classifications, profiles, embeddings or other persistent outputs that may still relate to an individual.
    — Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Gillette Stadium lists its capacity at 64,628, though seating configurations can vary for concerts and other events, according to the venue’s website.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The Jayhawks’ running back depth chart this week lists Edwards and Jalen Dupree.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Over the ensuing decades, the young nation incorporated the musical repertoires, instruments and expressions of immigrants from various European and African groups.
    — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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“Inventories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventories. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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