trillion

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Recent Examples of trillion Breaking it down: The rare earth minerals in question could be worth trillions of dollars in total. Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025 Further the Trump budget proposals risk exploding the US federal budget deficit; see, e.g., the House budget resolution, which calls for trillions of dollars in additional debt. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025 In a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump endorsed the House’s budget bill, which bolsters funding for the border and national security while simultaneously extending the tax cuts implemented during Trump’s first term and slashing trillions in funding for a variety of programs. Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025 In early February 2025, DOGE staffers gained access to the Treasury's expansive payment system, which disburses trillions of dollars annually, and is normally overseen by a small group of nonpartisan Treasury employees. Nik Popli, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trillion
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Noun
  • This data set, experts said, has nothing to do with monthly payments but appears to be very likely where Musk is getting information that there are millions of people ages 100 to 369 in the system.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Bird flu affects many species, including wild animals A global outbreak of H5 bird flu has infected millions of animals since 2020.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • He’s hosted about a zillion seminars on various personal improvement topics for nearly 50 years.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
  • All of that and a zillion other things must be swirling in Kelce’s mind right now.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, Barkley again ran roughshod over the porous Rams defense for another gazillion.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • About a gazillion Deadpool variants from different universes.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024

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