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Example Sentences

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When two objects are separated by an extremely small distance, only a few hundred nanometers, heat can travel between them much more efficiently than it does under ordinary conditions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

But, he only spent a few hundred dollars, according to his parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Several hundred people gathered Saturday in a protected nature reserve on the Albanian coast to protest at plans for a luxury beach resort by a company linked to the Trump family.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

I had already decided to offer $700, a hundred less than the seller was asking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

It was the slang that everyone used, and that I used a hundred times at the switchboard.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse