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In a census year, the U.S. government attempts to enumerate every single citizen of the country—a task that, even in the modern era of technology, isn't truly possible. Medical tests often require the enumeration of bacteria, viruses, or other organisms to determine the progress of a disease or the effectiveness of a medication. Despite its numer- root, you don't have to use numbers when enumerating. For students of government and law, the "enumerated powers" are the specific responsibilities of the Congress, as listed in the U.S. Constitution; these are the only powers that Congress has, a fact that the Tenth Amendment makes even more clearly.
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Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
There are too many potential highlights to enumerate here, but here are some of the books scheduled to arrive in the next few months that have my bookworm blood pumping.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The team has learned some lessons about its players, which can be enumerated at a later date, but there is not much more to discover.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
In that Dazed piece, writer Halima Jibril reported that these guys are suddenly catnip on the meat market, enumerating the social and political reasons why women are drawn to them.
—Josh Greenblatt, WIRED, 17 July 2024
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“Enumerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enumerate. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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