million
noun
mil·lion
ˈmi(l)-yən 
plural millions or million
1
: a number equal to 1,000 times 1,000 see Table of Numbers
2
: a very large number
millions of cars on the road
3
: the mass of common people
—used with the
million
adjective
Examples of million in a Sentence
intellectuals sneered that television was a medium clearly aimed at the millions
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The outcome of the suit, filed on the same day the rule was issued, has important financial implications for Deeds, as well as the millions more whose medical debt has negatively impacted their credit scores.
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Vanessa Romo, NPR, 26 May 2025
What Brunson, the Knicks, the Pacers, a sellout Gainbridge Fieldhouse crowd, and millions of viewers watching on TNT saw should be a replicable formula for the Knicks to mount an historic comeback from down 0-2 to punch their ticket to the franchise’s first NBA Finals since 1999.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
Food safety needs to part of the party plan because millions get sick from foodborne illnesses during the summer.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 May 2025
San Diego officials have been frustrated for years by increasing homeless counts despite millions of dollars spent and an unknown amount of sweat and tears and sometimes blood expended to reverse it.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
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Vanessa Romo, NPR, 26 May 2025
What Brunson, the Knicks, the Pacers, a sellout Gainbridge Fieldhouse crowd, and millions of viewers watching on TNT saw should be a replicable formula for the Knicks to mount an historic comeback from down 0-2 to punch their ticket to the franchise’s first NBA Finals since 1999.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
Food safety needs to part of the party plan because millions get sick from foodborne illnesses during the summer.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 May 2025
San Diego officials have been frustrated for years by increasing homeless counts despite millions of dollars spent and an unknown amount of sweat and tears and sometimes blood expended to reverse it.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for million
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“Million.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/million. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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