as many as
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—used to suggest that a number or amount is surprisingly large
As many as 60 students competed for the prize.
They lost by as many as 20 points.
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Facing freezing temperatures, starvation and threats from the armed guards who accompanied them on the march, as many as 15,000 prisoners died en route.
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Over the next nine years, more than 150 nations and as many as 5,000 people gathered for off-and-on negotiating sessions in New York City and Geneva.
—Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
But not as many as Wiig and Mumolo originally planned.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
In addition, the U.S. Constitution doesn't provide any legal method for a state to secede – that's why the Civil War was fought, killing as many as 620,000 Americans.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Over the next nine years, more than 150 nations and as many as 5,000 people gathered for off-and-on negotiating sessions in New York City and Geneva.
—Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
But not as many as Wiig and Mumolo originally planned.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
In addition, the U.S. Constitution doesn't provide any legal method for a state to secede – that's why the Civil War was fought, killing as many as 620,000 Americans.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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