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
  • They were offered the choice of evacuating to territory controlled by Ukraine or Russia, or remaining in the city with replenished food and medical supplies.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The International Energy Agency (IEA) notes that sodium-ion battery production remains heavily concentrated in China, despite the potential for more geographically diverse raw-material supplies.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Their seconds-long spiels have touched on topical news instead, providing brief summaries of subjects like the protests in Europe and the war in Ukraine, as if long-form journalism is incomplete without a quick nod to the daily headlines.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026
  • With a Bee Pro subscription, which costs $12 per month, users can get unlimited conversation summaries and daily memories as well as integrations with Amazon's webstore, its Alexa+ AI assistant and third-party apps.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The attacks were paid for by a political committee, Students and Parents First, which lists Cervera’s phone number and email address.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Department of Labor lists the company as having between 250 – 499 employees.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 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 8 Nov. 2026.

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