billions

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"The Cuban regime is sitting on several billions of dollars," he said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

It will "create thousands of high-quality jobs, contribute billions to the national economy, and help ensure that the breakthroughs of the future are developed here in the UK," he added.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Pratt’s candidacy comes as many voters have grown frustrated over the lack of progress in cleaning up the streets despite billions of their dollars being spent to get people into shelters and permanent housing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Bio-Rad’s peers, including Thermo Fisher Scientific and Danaher, have spent tens of billions on acquisitions in recent years, while private-equity firms have also been more active.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Slipping between millions and billions or between billions and trillions should in this sense be equally funny, but it isn’t, because we too often lack an intuitive feeling for these numbers.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos