inventories

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Commercial crude-oil inventories excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve were down by 2.3 million barrels in the week ended May 1, the EIA said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Given the magnitude of that demand pullback, the analysts said that commercial crude inventories in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries are “on track to approach operational stress levels by early June.”

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

New capacity isn’t likely to come on line until the middle of next year, so the expectation is that inventories will remain tight, and prices high.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Many tablets contain practical information, including inventories, personnel lists, and financial accounts.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

These are the ones that repeatedly turn up in style guides, pet-peeve lists, newspaper language columns, irate letters to the editor, and inventories of common errors in student papers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker