as in many
too many to be counted
I've told you countless times not to do that
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Recent Examples of countless
Returning home never fails to energize me, in countless ways.
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Barbara S. Held, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
The bright green sauce originated in Genoa, Italy, and today is used in countless ways in recipes.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025
Here’s to countless incredible moments together (plus twinning photoshoots).
—Glamour, 1 Feb. 2025
Amanda’s plight underscores how the tsunami of immigration orders stemming from the White House is affecting not just Venezuelans themselves but countless U.S. citizens and green-card holders in Florida and across the country.
—Verónica Egui Brito and, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
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Barbara S. Held, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
The bright green sauce originated in Genoa, Italy, and today is used in countless ways in recipes.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025
Here’s to countless incredible moments together (plus twinning photoshoots).
—Glamour, 1 Feb. 2025
Amanda’s plight underscores how the tsunami of immigration orders stemming from the White House is affecting not just Venezuelans themselves but countless U.S. citizens and green-card holders in Florida and across the country.
—Verónica Egui Brito and, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
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Education advocates argue that eliminating the subsidy would disproportionately affect low-income students, many of whom rely on these loans to access higher education.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Beyond the research, many of us have experienced this firsthand.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Jayhawks had numerous opportunities to put away No. 7 Houston in Saturday’s loss — a 92-86 double-overtime thriller — but finally appeared to run out of steam.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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An American flag the size of the football field was displayed by numerous fans, creating a perfect wide shot of the whole scene before the two teams got to work on the gridiron.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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As the second season wears on, this notion warps the plot in ways that strain credulity, and the series’ innumerable cliffhangers gum up the narrative with artificial tension.—
Daniel A. Gross,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Charles Royce, Nate Eggert and Cordell are producers, while Cordell plays the innumerable Clone Cops in the film.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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This culminated in the 1956 inception of the notorious COINTELPRO and its numberless black-bag operations.—
Katherine A. Powers,
Washington Post,
28 Dec. 2022
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There are also numberless earths circling around their suns, no worse and no less than this globe of ours.—
Charles Cockell,
WSJ,
1 Sep. 2022
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“Countless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countless. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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