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inventory

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


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Auditors are still sent on messy, freezing trips to count inventory that makes them rethink all of their life choices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

If provinces deem that they're not "strategic" water reserves, they can take them off Ianigla's national inventory, meaning they will no longer have those environmental protections.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Retail fuel prices, at four-year highs, fall slower than they rise due to inventory costs and stations recouping losses.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

He shook his head as though he were running through a mental inventory.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

As the giant robot shrank back to its original size, he snatched it out of the air and stowed it in his inventory.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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