that many

idiom

: as many as stated
I wanted a dozen, but they didn't have that many.

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This is the kind of tragedy that many dissidents endure—though Sanjari’s suicide is a particularly devestating end after two decades of fighting back. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024 McNulty placed his highlights of Southern California theater in alphabetical order after a short essay on how theater proved to be the silver lining of 2024 — the year that many folks, and theater itself, seemed to finally shake off a post-pandemic malaise. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024 That’s remarkable, given the slow recovery that many other schools nationwide have experienced since the deep learning losses of 2020, particularly among students like these. Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024 But online, the murder was met with callousness and jokes that many people said came directly from their frustrations and uneasiness with the U.S.’s current for-profit healthcare system. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for that many 

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“That many.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/that%20many. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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