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What specific number did myriad originally refer to in Greek?

myriad

[mir-ee-uhd] / ˈmɪr i əd /




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Technology analyst Dan Ives, at investment bank Yorkville Ives, said the crisis will at the very least spark multiple congressional inquiries and "create an overhang on the stock for a myriad of reasons".

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

There are myriad public transportation challenges for the city’s next mayor, including the long-delayed LAX people mover, new rail lines and numerous traffic challenges related to the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

A woman of frenetic energy who lived in a world of myriad contradictions, Huerta was one of the only women in many board rooms and union halls full of men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The brand is also working with PGA Tour winner Max Homa, who stars in a humorous campaign video where he lists the myriad mental tasks that typically fall to moms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Each of the myriad swirling spirits inside her spoke the words too.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

“Beyond healthcare, this fusion of nanotechnology and cells can lead to unique living hybrid robots, opening up myriads of interesting applications.”

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2023

Over the centuries, many observers hypothesized that the Milky Way’s soft luminescence was the collective glow from myriads of stars that were too faint and close together in the sky to be individually distinguished.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 4, 2023

Stacking one’s few belongings in a safe place, trying to understand what is yelled in German, Russian, Ukrainian, looking into myriads of unknown faces, worried faces, some smiling faces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

"Above all I want to thank those myriads of unassuming folk who have shown what love in action can achieve."

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2021

Now she turned her head to see the myriads of Tralfamadorians outside the dome.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut


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