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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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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
Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Lower mortgage rates helped improve affordability slightly, but low inventory is still a significant headwind.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The brief hearing should include testimony from an Altoona police officer about the department’s procedures for securing, safeguarding and inventorying the personal property of a person arrested in a public place, the judge said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
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Noun
That suggests the inventory of life on Earth, especially small-bodied and ground-dwelling species in tropical forests, is far from complete.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Lower mortgage rates helped improve affordability slightly, but low inventory is still a significant headwind.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
Barrett said both the FBI and Clerk of Courts Che' Alexander were filming the process of inventorying the boxes for chain-of-custody purposes.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The brief hearing should include testimony from an Altoona police officer about the department’s procedures for securing, safeguarding and inventorying the personal property of a person arrested in a public place, the judge said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventory
Noun
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With more supply in the global markets, prices are likely to trend lower.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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This achievement is particularly important because drones operate under demanding conditions such as vibration, motion, limited power supply, and fluctuating communication signals.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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In a statement on social media, the Department of Justice said the interview summaries -- known as FBI 302 reports -- were initially withheld from the January release of millions of pages of DOJ documents related to Jeffrey Epstein because they were believed to be duplicative of other documents.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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This bundle includes the Copilot AI add-on at a slight discount (normally $50 per person per month), which enables triage features, intelligent suggestions, summaries, transcriptions, translations, and more.—
John Brandon,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Walens Jean, no address listed.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq is listed as a terrorist organization by Iran and is widely despised inside the country.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By the start of last season, Edwards had integrated pull-up 3s into his repertoire, and in an extreme way.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Classics from the diasporic Vietnamese repertoire are included, too, with irreproachable instructions.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The pattern of demands is a bare outline of topic areas.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2026
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Below the hawk-outline is a blue stellar nursery packed with newborn massive blue stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the past, businesses were this huge pool of full-time employees who were kind of captive to the organization, doing bespoke workloads.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Ryan was originally slated to be part of Team USA’s rotation, but he was scratched from his first spring start due to lower back inflammation and held out of pool play entirely.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Companies, meanwhile, would see their own bills jump for fuel and to stock items on their store shelves or in their data warehouses.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Revenue hinges on capital gains from investments, bonuses to executives and windfalls from new stock offerings, all of which are grossly unpredictable.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Inventory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventory. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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