inventorying

present participle of inventory
as in listing
to make a list of would you inventory the supplies in the back room?

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Recent Examples of inventorying Warner says Neo handles three critical tasks which include inventorying every piece of agentic software installed; assessing how each is configured; and, enforcing policies on what each is permitted to do. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 July 2026 Historically, the assessor’s office was not so political and was focused on just fairly and accurately inventorying and assessing all property in the county. Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026 In the United States, federal guidance now emphasizes the importance of inventorying cloud dependencies and reducing reliance on a single provider. Doug Jacobson, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026 Begin by inventorying your existing identity data sources (directory services, IAM platforms, HR systems, cloud providers and SaaS logs) and map them into a single, normalized view. Craig Davies, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 In the run up to the court’s decision, the Club explained how these tariffs directly affect pricing, margin and inventorying strategies for each company. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026 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 American tourists still feel to me like a liberation army that got stuck in its pattern of conquering and inventorying and now, almost a century in, has grown cumbersome, bloated, unhelpful. Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventorying
listing
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  • In Connecticut alone, there are around 1,600 properties on the National Register, with hundreds if not thousands more eligible for listing.
    Jane Montanaro, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In June, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office ruled her death a homicide, listing the cause of death as hypothermia.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Inventorying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventorying. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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