large number

Example Sentences

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As it turns out, $1 trillion is such a large number and so far beyond the human imagination that we can’t wrap our minds around it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

That is an unusually large number, and of itself it implied something odd was going on.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But Iran's embassy to Turkey said a "large" number of managerial and executive staff and others had been denied visas, prompting a furious response.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Helicopter footage captured by NBC4 showed police tape cordoning off a section of the residential street, where a large number of emergency responders were gathered.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

But a large number of United States citizens loved Genêt and the French cause and rallied around him.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy