so many

adjective

1
: constituting an unspecified number
can only read so many chapters each night
2
: constituting a group or pack
behaved like so many animals

Examples of so many in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Which meant that what so many of us think of as haute couture—insane levels of beading and feathering and embroidering and all that jazz—are really not part of Di Felice’s vision. Mark Holgate, Vogue, 25 June 2024 Many of them had come out of the Bernie Sanders movement, in which it was broadly assumed that the future of the Democratic Party lay on the left—in the expansive, outsider politics that drew so many millions of young people to the Sanders campaign. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 Like so many cultural nonprofits, and so many film festivals, Sundance now faces a headwind made harder by post-pandemic uncertainty. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2024 Even as a rare example of courage in a timid TV climate, the audacity inherent to this choice and so many others isn’t notable solely for its bravery. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for so many 

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Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of so many was in 1533

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“So many.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20many. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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