as in dozen
a considerable amount
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Recent Examples of hundred
China treated high-speed rail as a national priority, pouring hundreds of billions into construction.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Across all the different generations of Pokémon, there are well over 1000 creatures to collect, train, and evolve, with hundreds available in the latest game in the series, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Out of the hundreds of actors who've passed through the franchise, seven have won Emmys - all of them actresses.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
As living organisms, redwoods’ age pales to the hundreds of millions of years represented by the geological layers of the Grand Canyon.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Across all the different generations of Pokémon, there are well over 1000 creatures to collect, train, and evolve, with hundreds available in the latest game in the series, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Out of the hundreds of actors who've passed through the franchise, seven have won Emmys - all of them actresses.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
As living organisms, redwoods’ age pales to the hundreds of millions of years represented by the geological layers of the Grand Canyon.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hundred
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Last time, Republicans were defending more than two dozen districts won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Three dozen lucky Klarna staffers just joined the ultrarich club thanks to its recent stock windfall.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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There’s been a ton of turnover on the pitching staffs of both teams, but the Dodgers brought in arms that were more toxic and less hittable.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the return of Manu Garcia and a slew of attack-minded substitutions couldn’t get Sporting an equalizer.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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And in 2015, Andy Samberg crooned to a slew of stars about the perils of #PeakTV.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
13 Sep. 2025
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The battery lasts almost two full days, even with a bunch of notifications coming in and a couple of outdoor walks tracked.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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What originally appeared to be attacks on more than 673 boats since 2020 now seem more likely to be a bunch of bored teenage orcas looking for something to do, cetacean expert Alexandre Zerbini said last year.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hundred. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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