as in few
a small number
only a handful of people signed up for the wintertime hike
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But there are a handful of songs on this new album that suggest Drake is already looking at musical pathways forward, or away, from that bumpy stretch.
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New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 20 Feb. 2025
Their list of alumnae dwarfs that of many professional clubs: Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Heather O’Reilly, Tobin Heath, Lucy Bronze, Crystal Dunn, Alessia Russo and Emily Fox, to name just a handful.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Bilson’s quippy Summer Roberts was originally written into only a handful of episodes.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 20 Feb. 2025
Their list of alumnae dwarfs that of many professional clubs: Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Heather O’Reilly, Tobin Heath, Lucy Bronze, Crystal Dunn, Alessia Russo and Emily Fox, to name just a handful.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Bilson’s quippy Summer Roberts was originally written into only a handful of episodes.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Handful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handful. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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