how many

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—used to ask or talk about an amount

How many people were there?

I was surprised by how many people were there.

How many times do I have to tell you to lock the door?

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That’s how many points Harris leads Trump by in FiveThirtyEight’s polling average as of Monday. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 On a product label, CFU tells you how many living cells are in a product.1 On average, a probiotic dose contains 1 to 10 billion CFUs.1 Some probiotic doses contain 50 billion CFUs or more. —

Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024 There are varying estimates about how many North Korean troops are in the Russian region between 8,000 and 12,000 although there are question marks about their effectiveness. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 The more challenging question to address, however, is how many USC fans will be there to see that come to fruition? —

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for how many