as in list
a long list of things one after another
We were provided with an exhaustive enumeration of the inventory, ordered by amount currently on hand.
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Recent Examples of enumeration
However, even if a citizenship question was included on a subsequent enumeration, the U.S. Supreme Court should— and very likely still would—strike down federal anti-alien reapportionment legislation as a blatant affront to the Constitution’s requirements.
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Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Dudek stopped short of explaining the reasoning behind the SSA’s initial proposal to discontinue birth enumeration for residents of the state.
—Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Mitre describes a type confusion vulnerability, also known as common weakness enumeration 843, as occurring when a resource such as a pointer or object is accessed by a resource using an incompatible type.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The logic of enumeration, pushed to its extreme, becomes an algorithm of the absurd.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 27 Dec. 2024
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Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Dudek stopped short of explaining the reasoning behind the SSA’s initial proposal to discontinue birth enumeration for residents of the state.
—Ailia Zehra, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Mitre describes a type confusion vulnerability, also known as common weakness enumeration 843, as occurring when a resource such as a pointer or object is accessed by a resource using an incompatible type.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The logic of enumeration, pushed to its extreme, becomes an algorithm of the absurd.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enumeration
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Read on for the full list of winners at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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Death row pastor finds honor in loving condemned The Nobel Foundation says 338 candidates have been nominated for the 2025 prize, though the list of nominees won't be made public for 50 years.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Ponder is being held in the Jackson County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond, according to the jail’s inmate listing.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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The Geekbench listing also suggests Project Moohan runs Android 14, suggesting this is the kernel used in the first version of Android XR.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Notably, the factories' finished goods inventory accumulated for the first time in four months due to falling sales and delays in outbound shipments, the survey showed.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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That increase in purchases also led car inventory to drop 10% to 2.8 million between April and May, according to Automotive News, making sales more difficult.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
3 June 2025
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Crucially, the cloud supports rapid testing and iteration.—
Jeffrey Gregor,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Welcome to the second iteration of Vogue’s global spa guide, an index of the 100 best spas in the world built from the expertise of our global editors and trusted contributors.—
Riann Phillip,
Vogue,
3 June 2025
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“Enumeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enumeration. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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