Thesaurus results for ENUMERATION

enumeration

noun

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 The Supreme Court has long since stopped enforcing the Founders’ intention that the federal government be limited by the enumeration of Congress’s powers. —

George F. Will, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 Michigan recently released a request for proposals to undertake a new enumeration study this year. —

Alexis J. Handal, The Conversation, 15 July 2024 The country may seem awfully powerful, in static enumerations of economic or military mass, but applied power—actual power out in the world—is something quite different. —

Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023 The allocation of federal resources and funding depends on a complete enumeration of AAPI communities. —

Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for enumeration

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Noun

The executive order gives the Domestic Policy Council 90 days to submit a list of policy recommendations.

— Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
California policymakers are considering state ownership of one or more oil refineries The move is among a list of options presented by the California Energy Commission to ensure steady gas supplies as oil companies pull back from the refinery business in the state.

— Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025