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as in composition
a literary, musical, or artistic production
a doomsday novel that turns out to be one of those it-was-all-a-dream numbers
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as in cipher
a person of no importance or influence
doesn't want to go to some mammoth state university where she would be just a number
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as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
a stunning gymnastics number that really impressed the judges
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as in calculation
numbers plural
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
if you believe the president's numbers, we can afford these new programs and still have tax cuts
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as in to aggregate
to have a total of
the full-time staff numbers 30 people
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as in to include
to have as part of a whole
is numbered among the great minds of our times
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Recent Examples of number
Ayana Archie, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Nationwide, the number is 865 and stretches back to March, when the virus was first detected in Texas herds.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Nov. 2024
Each bottle of this rare, artisanal wine is individually numbered, with production extremely limited.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
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They had been specifically hatched to boost salmon populations in the Imnaha River, as their numbers had begun to dwindle due to hydropower projects.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Nationwide, the number is 865 and stretches back to March, when the virus was first detected in Texas herds.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
In any case, our list of early Texas movie stars in last week's Think Texas column numbered a mere 15.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Nov. 2024
Each bottle of this rare, artisanal wine is individually numbered, with production extremely limited.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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Putting the sequence of digits together to create 12/12 means that there is an infinite driving force in the universe to move our hopes forward.Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The tab for celebratory dinners with his extended family often approached four digits, and his paycheck as a software engineer wasn’t stretching as far as before.Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Astronomers are now able to take inventory of these atoms and molecules and compare their compositions both from planet to planet as well as to their parent stars.Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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The program will consist primarily of sacred compositions by Benjamin Britten, Antonio Vivaldi, Edwin Fissinger and Caroline Shaw, in contemporary arrangements with lyrics in French, Latin, German and English.Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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The independence in both men got them to their electoral fates essentially as solo acts.Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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It’s most effectively rendered in the second act’s rumble — a stark, visceral, and surprising set piece that uses rain and strobe lighting and leaves both cast and audience breathless.EW Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Editor’s picks For decades, Patricia McGlone was a cipher, a ghost.Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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In one instance, the shipping container was a puzzle box, which looked like a cipher, and held 10 switches, according to court records.David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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In one market, Southpaw celebrated a year with virtually no turnover for managers—an almost unheard-of feat in an industry where attrition is a given.Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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That feat was last achieved by the sextet of actresses featured in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver, which included Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, and Lola Dueñas.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pushed to admit the casualties sustained by his country's forces, after a substantial calculation was provided by U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Tesla’s China sales fell by 4.3% in November from a year ago, while BYD saw a 67% surge, according to CNBC calculations of China Passenger Car Association Data.Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
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These older Pixel models will now get 5 years' worth of updates, counted from when the device first became available on the Google Store in the US, two years more than initially planned.Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 8 Dec. 2024
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But that doesn’t count the inestimable number of individuals who have obtained GLP-1s without prescriptions through unregulated online channels and illicit online compounding pharmacies, many operating overseas.Bob Woods, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
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The platform aggregates individual contributions into what Roshan calls Verified Climate Outcomes™ (VCOs), creating opportunities for funding from Dashboard.Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The ports aggregate their readings to come up with measurements of airflow direction, local pressure and speed.New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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