greater number

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“Consequently, there is an urgent need for more effective treatment approaches that provide durable benefit for a greater number of patients.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Statistics Canada notes that for the third consecutive month a greater number of Canadian residents returned from overseas by air than from the U.S. by auto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Patients with more severe illness had a greater number of these clusters, while healthy donor lungs showed none.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

But there is a second domestic consequence that affects a far greater number of people: the impact it has on bills for millions of people.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

For the greater number of her twenty-nine years, Bibi Haldar suffered from an ailment that baffled family, friends, priests, palmists, spinsters, gem therapists, prophets, and fools.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri