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inventory

[in-vuhn-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈɪn vənˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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Vera Bradley is benefiting from its refreshed product assortment, a stepped-up marketing strategy, improved inventory management, and disciplined pricing and promotion governance, Bickley said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

It did, however, note the inventory shortfalls and reveal "industrial base bottlenecks" for munitions resupply.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

"The munitions expenditure on OEF has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply," the report said.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

U.S. home sales are in a slump, and inventory has been piling up as buyers get spooked by higher borrowing costs.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

The Sudden Death power-up is still glowing in my inventory.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

U.S. distillate inventories, which include diesel, are 13% below their five-year average, according to the latest report from the Energy Information Administration.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Some diamond suppliers are adding those gems to their inventories to boost sales, she said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

The value of inventories held by wholesalers in Canada was essentially unchanged for the month at C$140.65 billion, though stocks were up 5.5% on a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Kamco Invest said constrained shipping routes and low refined-product inventories have left oil markets particularly vulnerable to further geopolitical shocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

In Ka’apor-managed forests, according to Balee’s plant inventories, almost half of the ecologically important species are those used by humans for food.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The repeal will primarily affect California and nine other Western states, which are home to more than 95% of inventoried roadless areas, the agency said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The proposal would rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, enacted in the final days of the Clinton administration, which barred development across vast areas of public forests and grasslands designated as "inventoried roadless areas."

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

“Helfenstein also evaluated and inventoried looted items, and arranged for their packing and shipment to Germany.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

Repairing and updating the inventoried aircraft so they are airworthy takes about the same amount of resources as building an all-new aircraft, he added.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2024

Apparently, some days in the State Shop were busy—the shop provided blue jeans and button-down shirts to inmates with court dates and inventoried the belongings of inmates on transfers—but this was not one of them.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The plan provides for the inventorying and storage of its remaining heavy weapons under Palestinian supervision, potentially removing the most significant obstacle to advancing the Trump-backed peace initiative for Gaza.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

"Carbon inventorying is still an evolving science," said Yunyu Zhang, lead author and graduate student from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

From Science Daily Mar. 28, 2024

In a April 2021 executive order, President Joe Biden told the US Forest Service to start inventorying and protecting the 150-year-old "old-growth" forests which face logging threats.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2023

One by one, family members and friends speak this line to Vanya before inventorying their own monumental unhappiness.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2023

He looks me over as if inventorying my whole being.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson




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