numbers
Example Sentences
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Numbers and costs are set to rise rapidly, with spending on health and disability-related benefits forecast to increase from £65bn a year currently to £100bn by 2029.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Numbers don’t lie, and U.S. companies are still throwing up good ones.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
"Numbers have plummeted due to a myriad of different factors including over-abstraction, habitat degradation, pollution, impacts on redds, in-stream barriers, climate change, and pressures associated within the marine environment."
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
At Strength in Numbers, data journalist G. Elliott Morris explained that “they were unhappy with Biden, unhappy with prices, and voted accordingly.”
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
Numbers had finally become distinct from geometry; numbers were used to do more than merely measure objects.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
