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as in composition
a literary, musical, or artistic production
a doomsday novel that turns out to be one of those it-was-all-a-dream numbers
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as in cipher
a person of no importance or influence
doesn't want to go to some mammoth state university where she would be just a number
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as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
a stunning gymnastics number that really impressed the judges
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as in calculation
numbers plural
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
if you believe the president's numbers, we can afford these new programs and still have tax cuts
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as in to aggregate
to have a total of
the full-time staff numbers 30 people
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as in to include
to have as part of a whole
is numbered among the great minds of our times
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Recent Examples of number
Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Moreover, there is no evidence supporting the narrative that there are non-citizens voting in large numbers in federal elections and interfering with results.
—Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Infected birds are being culled nationwide, sometimes numbering in the millions at a single location.
—Veronica Bravo, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Millions of immigrants in the U.S. who don't have legal status or social security numbers use Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) to pay their taxes each year.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Moreover, there is no evidence supporting the narrative that there are non-citizens voting in large numbers in federal elections and interfering with results.
—Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
People losing their minds over this spectacle need to remember that executive orders numbering in the hundreds are part of every modern administration, as are the court challenges.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Infected birds are being culled nationwide, sometimes numbering in the millions at a single location.
—Veronica Bravo, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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Entering play, Hicks had touched triple digits on two occasions during his time with the Giants.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Triple-digit fastballs in the strike zone all spring will get a pitcher the longest looks possible.—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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The thickness and composition of the Martian atmosphere over time is also an open question.—
Jonathan O’Callaghan,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Apr. 2025
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Still another composition features a Google Translate interpretation of an essay Vara wrote in Spanish, which contains both mistranslations and stretches where the software turned flawed Spanish into grammatical English.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Monkeys were introduced for the 1904 season and a popular touring act called the High Diving Elks, which featured elks trained to jump from heights of more than 20 feet into a water tank.—
Jeremy Drouin,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
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The American judicial system looks at individuals, parses guilt and innocence, separates leaders from followers and is at pains to ensure no one gets blamed for the acts of others.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Inspector Morse had a passion for crosswords; Lord Peter Wimsey decoded ciphers.—
Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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On the flip side, this will allow AI to crack ciphers much faster.—
Chaim Mazal,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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In 2023, his second full season in the major leagues, Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider accomplished an increasingly rare feat.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Lenses that open up to apertures wider than f/1.4 are rare, and making one that's optically sound, well-constructed, and fast-focusing is a feat.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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Many borrowers have already incurred higher tax obligations by filing their taxes separately based on the assurance that their spouse’s income would be excluded from the payment calculation.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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With Adebayo in his way, Anunoby performed the calculations.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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We've been spoiled by laptop battery life over the last year or two; almost 14 hours now counts as merely average.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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With nearly all votes counted, 63% of voters approved a 20-year extension of the tax, with the largest margins of support coming from the parts of Kansas City in Clay and Platte counties.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Bob McKenzie’s final draft list does a great job aggregating scouts’ opinions and often tracks well with when players get chosen; McKenzie had Barlow 12th in his final 2023 rankings.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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This software provides valuation estimations through aggregating and analyzing current market trends.—
Chris Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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