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inventory

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


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"Over the past six weeks, appointments have fallen short by 1,500 to 2,500 each week, requiring a draw on existing inventory to meet patient needs," it said in a statement.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The second drop that begins Wednesday offers “refreshed inventory across all Olympic sports,” LA28 said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

These sales are the most telling part of the GDP report because they factor out all the noise —trade deficits, inventory production and government spending.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

“But in much of the South and the West, rising inventory and cooling demand has put the brakes on home-price appreciation,” she added.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

My avatar had the same level and ability scores I’d had previously, but my inventory was completely empty except for one item—the quarter I’d obtained after playing my perfect game of Pac-Man on Archaide.

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

At a meeting in March, the group decided that because of a steady global economic outlook and low oil inventories, they would restart output increases for the month of April.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

"We expect that recovery to broaden in the coming quarters, driven by tax cuts and lean inventories," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

It is an important question because global inventories are draining fast, and countries have few options left to shield themselves from high energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Caine believes that the low inventories wouldn’t preclude a resumption of major combat operations against Iran but would add to the risk, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Many guardians would purchase, for their wards, goods from their own stores or inventories at inflated prices.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

In total, the rescission would apply to nearly 45 million acres of the nearly 60 million acres of inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest system, she said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2025

First the scientists analyzed US government records that inventoried California kelp forests as far back as 1910, compared them with modern information about those same kelp forests today.

From Salon Jan. 23, 2024

Andrew Fountain, a geology professor emeritus at PSU, and research assistant Bryce Glenn, inventoried glaciers and perennial snowfields in the western continental U.S. using aerial and satellite imagery between 2013 and 2020.

From Science Daily Sep. 25, 2023

He had inventoried all that he had, or didn’t have.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

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

She held me at arm’s length, inventorying every little new freckle, every extra pound.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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