thousand

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It dropped by several thousand the next year.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

But, he added, the department is “a thousand police officers short of what we need to handle the call volume we have.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

In visible and near infrared light, that wavelength can be up to a thousand times larger than the de Broglie wavelength used in electronic circuits.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

I honestly probably have a thousand different fascinating ideas for train movement.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

There must have been a thousand camped in the field.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell