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Recent Examples of million
China’s One-child policy may have ended in 2015, but the impact of its legacy is still being felt by the millions (upon millions) of people who were born while it was being enforced.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Restaurants take millions of dollars to build, millions of dollars to fund the first year.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
The Reconstruction Amendments, including the 14th, sought to dismantle a system that had denied millions of people their humanity and legal rights.
—Paola Mendoza, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Newsom had originally called the special session in November to funnel millions in additional dollars to the state Department of Justice in preparation for incoming President Donald Trump’s second term, which begins next Monday.
—Nicole Nixon and, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Restaurants take millions of dollars to build, millions of dollars to fund the first year.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
The Reconstruction Amendments, including the 14th, sought to dismantle a system that had denied millions of people their humanity and legal rights.
—Paola Mendoza, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Newsom had originally called the special session in November to funnel millions in additional dollars to the state Department of Justice in preparation for incoming President Donald Trump’s second term, which begins next Monday.
—Nicole Nixon and, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for million
Noun
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It’s been sad and hard with a zillion reminders of each other.—
Kathlene Linehan,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Imagine what could be done with all the zillions of pictures associated with those locations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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House Republicans are circulating proposals for trillions in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Musk has been tasked with slashing federal spending by trillions of dollars.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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About a gazillion Deadpool variants from different universes.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
5 Dec. 2024
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As our eyes slowly adjusted to the gazillion pinprick stars above, Wiesner pointed out constellations: Orion’s Belt, consisting of three bright stars; the Southern Cross, the famous navigation tool of early seafarers; the hazy band of the Milky Way.—
Biénne Huisman,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Dec. 2024
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But America, with its jillion colleges and universities, dotting the land?—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 July 2023
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Netflix, and platforms hoping to keep up with it, poured jillions of dollars pursuing so much content that viewers were quickly overwhelmed.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2023
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He’s made a kazillion dollars since then.—
James Hibberd,
EW.com,
10 Aug. 2020
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After what felt like a million kazillion years of waiting, the live-action leads of Aladdin were finally announced last weekend.—
Noelle Devoe,
Seventeen,
17 July 2017
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“Million.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/million. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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