plural hundreds or hundred
1
: a number equal to 10 times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
hundreds plural
a
: the numbers 100 to 999
b
: a great number
hundreds of times
3
: a 100-dollar bill
4
: a subdivision of some English and American counties
hundred
adjective
Examples of hundred in a Sentence
it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times
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That’s a problem when leaders are tasked with navigating uncertainty, interpreting ambiguous data and making decisions that affect hundreds or thousands of lives.
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Last year, the U.S. Justice Department indicted a North Carolina man named Michael Smith for using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs, then employing bots to stream the songs billions of times.
—Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Overcrowding is a significant issue during Hajj with past incidents involving hundreds of deaths by stampedes or due to excessive heat.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Then, in early May, the president threatened to rescind the university's tax-exempt status, which could cost the school hundreds of millions, by some estimates.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 June 2025
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Last year, the U.S. Justice Department indicted a North Carolina man named Michael Smith for using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs, then employing bots to stream the songs billions of times.
—Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Overcrowding is a significant issue during Hajj with past incidents involving hundreds of deaths by stampedes or due to excessive heat.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Then, in early May, the president threatened to rescind the university's tax-exempt status, which could cost the school hundreds of millions, by some estimates.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 June 2025
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hundred. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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