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as in to list
to make a list of
numerate the dish's ingredients for me
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as in to recite
to specify one after another
I don't have the time to numerate all the reasons, so I'll offer just a few
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Recent Examples of numerate
Meanwhile, California’s Democratic officials recently approved new math standards that would end advanced math in elementary and middle school and Oregon’s have abolished the requirement that high school graduates be literate and numerate.
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Frederick M. Hess and Michael McShane, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Frederick M. Hess and Michael McShane, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for numerate
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Defenseman Noah Hanifin didn’t play on Saturday with an undisclosed injury and is listed as day-to-day.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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The species is one of the world’s largest sea turtles, and humans have long hunted it to make turtle soup and to eat its eggs as a delicacy; it has been listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature since the 1980s.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Almost everyone in this office can recite the 1978 Superman film or the 1989 Batman film.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Kerry McGawley, a professor and senior sports physiologist at the performance optimization company Orreco, recalls the pithy mantra recited to her by a professional Swedish cross-country skier more than a decade ago.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Nationally, there is an effort to inventory and replace lead service lines as part of the Safe Drinking Water Act—Lead and Copper Rule Improvements.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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McMurtry—the rare book fancier—did not inventory his collection for his successors.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter detailed in a cover story last year that Zendaya and Levinson’s relationship also cooled during the break.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Local law enforcement also adjusts the small town’s normal traffic patterns on game days to allow for the swell of visitors, so check out the Clemson Athletic Department’s website for maps detailing pre- and post-game traffic flow and parking info.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Numerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numerate. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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