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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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Per the Haslet city code, council members are entitled to a minimum of one item listed on each council meeting agenda, which the mayor is in charge of putting together.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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On Ticketmaster, playoff tickets were listed ranging from almost $500 to over $2,200.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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One was a sense of the evils of narcotrafficking; Petro recited a litany of statistics about Colombia’s efforts to halt drug smuggling.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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King’s recites the Nicene Creed weekly, rare among evangelical churches.—
Tara Palmeri,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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It was established in 1992 to inventory and begin to address the primary sources of greenhouse gas pollution.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
8 Jan. 2026
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Police have not yet detailed the causes of the crashes.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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The technical specifications of the new communication devices have not been publicly detailed.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Numerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numerate. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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