many a/an
idiom
formal + literary
—used with a singular noun to refer to a large number of things or people
I've been there many a time.
Many a tale was told.
Many a man has tried but few men have succeeded.
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An idiosyncratic personal reckoning with the recent death of his mother that gradually expands to take in the perspectives of his kith and kin, the film has the busy, varied emotional intensity of many a family gathering: pained one minute, uproarious the next.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Her brothers Mike and Ben were played by Kirk Cameron, who was at that time the subject of many a fan magazine pinup, and Jeremy Miller, respectively.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) Part melancholy swan song, part ad for the Magic Mike stage show, Last Dance might be in its quiet way the most subversive film Soderbergh’s made in many a moon.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety While that would be drama enough to sustain many a Sundance movie, Hannah — who is pitching a project that sounds suspiciously like the one Hyde has made — insists that the very thing that makes her family unique is how amicably everyone deals with life’s curveballs.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Her brothers Mike and Ben were played by Kirk Cameron, who was at that time the subject of many a fan magazine pinup, and Jeremy Miller, respectively.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) Part melancholy swan song, part ad for the Magic Mike stage show, Last Dance might be in its quiet way the most subversive film Soderbergh’s made in many a moon.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety While that would be drama enough to sustain many a Sundance movie, Hannah — who is pitching a project that sounds suspiciously like the one Hyde has made — insists that the very thing that makes her family unique is how amicably everyone deals with life’s curveballs.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
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