1
as in supply
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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2
as in summary
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 to list
to make a list of
would you inventory the supplies in the back room?
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Recent Examples of inventory
Eliza Berman, Time, 26 June 2025
Each Artemis mission costs $4.2 billion per flight, and that's with shuttle-era engines and boosters that NASA and its contractors already have in their inventories.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
Test Quantum-Resistant Algorithms Alongside Existing Systems Organizations should inventory their cryptographic assets and identify vulnerabilities.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In early 2011, she was hired to complete an inventory of the audiovisual archives housed within New York City’s International Center of Photography.
—Eliza Berman, Time, 26 June 2025
Each Artemis mission costs $4.2 billion per flight, and that's with shuttle-era engines and boosters that NASA and its contractors already have in their inventories.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Verb
The best thing Americans can do in the near term to restore the health of civil-military relations is to inventory those norms and renew the commitment to upholding them.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
Test Quantum-Resistant Algorithms Alongside Existing Systems Organizations should inventory their cryptographic assets and identify vulnerabilities.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventory
Noun
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This will include school supplies and household essentials from Amazon Basics (starting at $3) and summer fashion from Amazon Essentials (starting at $12).—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
6 July 2025
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Energy operators had to cut off electricity to customers — because supply couldn’t meet the growing energy demand — for 21 hours as a measure to prevent larger-scale blackouts.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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Here are some of the other key points included in the CBA extension, based on a summary of the memorandum of understanding obtained by The Athletic.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Silky sharks are listed under CITES Appendix II and are considered globally vulnerable.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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United Talent Agency no longer listed the group on its website Monday, and sources told Deadline that UTA decided to drop Bob Vylan over the weekend due to the chants.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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That repertoire, however, was never one-dimensional.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and the San Diego Symphony, conducted by Sarah Hicks, with DJ Crenshaw Having recorded at least 27 albums in the past 15 years, the shape-shifting Australian rock band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard has a formidably sized repertoire of songs from which to draw.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Both the former president and former first lady shared the same photo showing an outline of the two of them alongside Malia watching fireworks.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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Documents released last month about the approval of Moderna's new COVID-19 vaccine for only seniors ages 65 and older and others with at least one underlying condition down to age 12 outline a rationale similar to the one Prasad used in his decision about the Novavax shot.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
3 July 2025
Noun
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The park also includes the Pond House, a playscape and spray pad for kids, a fitness circuit, trails, an Olympic size pool and picnic areas.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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The Elgin area also is less expensive than other areas in the Chicago market and has a good talent pool from which to fill their office and industrial jobs, Klein said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Does buying a single company's stock usually provide a safer return than buying a stock mutual fund?—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Morgan Stanley highlighted five stocks that have plenty of upside, according to the investment bank's analysts.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
5 July 2025
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“Inventory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventory. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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