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inventory

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


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Around Tampa, Fla., where a surge in new construction after the pandemic raised inventory, home prices in the bottom third of the market—below $305,000—were down 4.1% in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

In September, the total for-sale housing inventory in the U.S. jumped to 1.6 million units, the highest level since November 2019, NAR said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

It was first mentioned in 1740 in an inventory of Louis Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, drawn up following his death, the Château de Chantilly said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

While customers may trust recommendations from outside agents more than captive ones, in-house agents have far better visibility on inventory and promotions, and can more easily troubleshoot customer problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Our inventory was down to a bag of Cheetos, peanut butter crackers, some Twizzlers, and a snack pack of Oreos, plus the candy I had managed to stuff into my backpack.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

The bank said record tanker freight costs, low inventories and geopolitical risks continue to support oil prices, raising its fourth-quarter Dated Brent forecast to $105 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Oil prices slipped but both main contracts held above $100 after soaring more than three percent Friday following a big drop in US commercial inventories.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

U.S. distillate inventories are down, with an especially pronounced shortfall on the East Coast, where inventories the week ending Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The shortfall was even more pronounced on the East Coast, where inventories were more than 22% lower than a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

After restlessly starting and stopping concession inventories and making a few phone calls about delays in film deliveries, she did the only thing left to her and decided to watch a movie.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

A suspect isn’t supposed to take belongings from a crime scene before the items are inspected and inventoried.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 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

The model, called AviTeam, is the first to provide information for the 45 lesser-developed countries that have never inventoried their greenhouse gas emissions from aviation.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024

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

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

Across North America, there are an estimated 170 fireflies species, which are technically beetles in the order Coleoptera, but inventorying them is a challenge.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 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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