Example Sentences

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"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

He went from working as a signals analyst to a job that few Marines want, inventorying military gear.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

He looks me over as if inventorying my whole being.

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