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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
Ayana Archie, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Nationwide, the number is 865 and stretches back to March, when the virus was first detected in Texas herds.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Melissa Locker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
With the expansion, GoHealth Urgent Care clinics now number 35 locations across the state, according to Hartford HealthCare.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2024
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Noun
They had been specifically hatched to boost salmon populations in the Imnaha River, as their numbers had begun to dwindle due to hydropower projects.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Nationwide, the number is 865 and stretches back to March, when the virus was first detected in Texas herds.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
And yet several factors are contributing to a decline in their population, which numbers somewhere in the millions.
—Melissa Locker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
With the expansion, GoHealth Urgent Care clinics now number 35 locations across the state, according to Hartford HealthCare.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2024
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The biggest digit, of course, is the $16 million annually Harbaugh was awarded on a five-year deal to flip L.A.’s woeful script.Jay Paris, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The 23-year-old ace has a fastball in the triple digits and multiple swing-and-miss offspeed pitches.Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The lack of transparency around the chemical composition of tires, combined with a knowledge gap on their potential environmental impact has prompted numerous calls for action from scientists.Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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New Blue Sun was nominated for album of the year, best alternative jazz album and best instrumental composition; 3000 won the top prize in 2004 with Big Boi for OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors have described the murder as an act of terrorism, noting a notebook found on Mangione expressing hostility toward the health insurance industry.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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This act of imagination and empathy will bring us closer—to those suffering and to ourselves.Jeremy Barber, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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Ferreira struggles a bit more to find the depth in her role; her character comes off as merely a cipher, a stand-in for an audience similarly positioned as outsiders.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Editor’s picks For decades, Patricia McGlone was a cipher, a ghost.Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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The high-penetration cultural impact of The Mandalorian (Baby Yoda!!!) was a gravity-defying feat, catapulted even farther by being one of the first major shows to launch on the then brand-new Disney+ platform.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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And that's no mean feat coming from a beauty journalist that tests makeup for a living.Denise Primbet, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
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Yet to him, this calculation at the turn of the twentieth century was still weighted in favor of the yellow metal’s worth.Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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QuickBooks’ higher-tier plans include additional users at no extra cost (vs. FreshBooks charging $11 per additional user), and abilities such as profit and loss reporting, expense tracking and automatic sales tax calculation.Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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As for Hostage’s parent, Holding Morelli counts 330 employees and totaled 86 million euros in sales last year.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
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And while the extra hour of sleep was appreciated on Nov. 3, many are counting down the days for the sun to set later at night.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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The platform aggregates individual contributions into what Roshan calls Verified Climate Outcomes™ (VCOs), creating opportunities for funding from Dashboard.Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The ports aggregate their readings to come up with measurements of airflow direction, local pressure and speed.New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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