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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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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
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 June 2026
Trinity, which operates across southern New England and New York, has become a significant factor in Connecticut’s drive to expand its housing inventory.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
Inheritances are contributing almost as much to inventory as new home construction.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Publicis Media last year launched Women’s Sports Connect, a new offering that uses agreements to buy certain types of ad inventory as well as the funding of original content to help advertisers get positions in sports and programming centered around female athletes.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 June 2026
Trinity, which operates across southern New England and New York, has become a significant factor in Connecticut’s drive to expand its housing inventory.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
Verb
By July 1, the agency has to create tools to allow municipalities to inventory their developable land.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
Inheritances are contributing almost as much to inventory as new home construction.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventory
Noun
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Ships loaded with crude oil have been stranded in the Persian Gulf for more than three months, unable to safely travel through the waterway, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and gasoline supplies typically traveled before the war began.—
Cathy Bussewitz,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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The sanctions hit individuals and organizations involved in the manufacturing and supply of drones and other military equipment to Russian forces.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Its summary, from the title throughout, is shameless propaganda.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2026
Verb
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FlareFlow, which operates under COL Group – listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext board – has released approximately 5,200 series to date, with 33 million registered users, support for 14 languages, and a presence spanning upward of 200 countries and regions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Jelly Roll listed the date of separation as May 9, and cited irreconcilable differences.—
Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Servers enjoy chatting about the menu, especially ingredients that may not yet have entered your repertoire.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
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Her repertoire includes a screwball, curveball and rise in addition to a fastball that tops out in the mid-to-high 60s.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
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The value of a writers’ room like this is that Grace wrote a great outline and then a great draft, but every single episode gets rewritten in the room multiple times.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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Learn one new asterism or constellation each session — such as the faint outline of constellations like Virgo, Ophiuchus, Hercules and Corona Borealis — and repeat the process during your next stargazing session.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
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In an effort combat the algae in the Reflecting Pool, employees of the National Park Service were seen pouring in gallons of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical commonly used in pool maintenance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The bloom in the pool at the Lincoln Memorial began to appear by June 11.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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The stock has had a difficult year but is too cheap at less than 9 times forward earnings.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
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In contrast, the railway boom and the internet stock bubble bequeathed to the economy some vital infrastructure, such as tracks, rolling stock, and fibre-optic cables.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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“Inventory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventory. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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