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inventory

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


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The roadmap, which has not yet been implemented, states: "A process shall begin to inventory and store heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots, and tunnels".

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

In the current quarter, he expects Apple will “pay even higher memory costs,” though some relief will come from carry-in inventory and lower costs for non-memory components.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

"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

Investors are now awaiting U.S. crude inventory data due later on Wednesday and a meeting of key members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+, on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

I reached out and selected the game, and a teleportation voucher instantly appeared in my avatar’s inventory, good for one free round-trip to OPS #0571.

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

"The subdued 1.5 percent annualized rise in GDP in Q2 underplays the economy's strength as it reflects a drag from rising imports and falling inventories that won't be sustained for long."

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Categories like the trade deficit and inventories tend to distort GDP in the short run, but they don’t have a huge impact on the overall economy.

From MarketWatch 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

Eastern, alongside advance retail and wholesale inventories for June.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 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

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

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

The California Air Resources Board estimates that in California, agriculture is the source of 8% of total inventoried greenhouse gas emissions.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2024

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

I inventoried my missing duffel, mentally taking the clothes out and placing them on the broad soft rug of my dad’s living room.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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

I was squatting on the floor methodically inventorying my bounty to help streamline thank-you-card writing when my mother-in-law, who was visiting from Chennai, beckoned me over to our galley kitchen.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2021

He looks me over as if inventorying my whole being.

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




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