1
as in listing
to make a list of
numerate the dish's ingredients for me
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Relevance
2
as in reciting
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 Synonyms for numerating
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But that decline was reversed, thanks to a 1972 DDT ban and the bald eagles’ listing as an endangered species in 1978.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026 -
The listing details emphasized that the vehicle, a Lexus LX 570, had only about 12,000 miles on it.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
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Daisy falls asleep that night reciting the same hushed prayer that the Pearl Girls invoked for her back in Toronto.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Hansard found himself in Dublin City, hanging out with writers like Seamus Heaney, directors like Jim Sheridan, and listening to Paul Meehan reciting poetry in a basement.—
Charles Moss,
SPIN,
20 Apr. 2026
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Gavin Newsom outlining his final California budget proposal as governor on Thursday, May 14.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Earlier this year, Avery Dennison released a report outlining the results of its joint initiative with European textile collection and sorting organization Texaid.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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The Star also found that city officials had been on multiple occasions alerted to allegations of inappropriate behavior leveled at Washington and an email detailing some of those accusations was provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
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By detailing the crime, the media spreads access to a script that can be followed in these performances of rage.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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“Numerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numerating. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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