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number

[nuhm-ber] / ˈnʌm bər /




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The number of admitted Asian students had declined, but their percentage remained well above their share of school population.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Heading into last week, a number of technical indicators suggested that bonds were heavily oversold, Colas said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Israel’s northern frontiers are home to a large number of Arab Muslims, Christians and an insular Druze minority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"My intuition is that it probably is as bad. If you look at the sheer number of hotspots, it's still trending up and up," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

And you may or may not have been given my number as part of my ex-friend’s nefarious revenge plot.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The Gallup numbers do not establish why Americans’ confidence has diverged so dramatically.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Report fraudulent calls and numbers to ReportFraud.ftc.gov and the FCC Complaint Center.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

These were the highest numbers since October 2025, and have raised questions as to whether the NHS will meet the government's target to treat 92% of patients within 18 weeks by 2029.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Countries accustomed to receiving great numbers of aspiring young people from beyond their borders may have to learn to do with fewer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

They put blue bands on the birds’ legs and wrote down the numbers so Jack could remember the birds’ birthdays and who their mothers and fathers were.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

By that standard, her days may already be numbered.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Carmel-by-the-Sea will get numbered street addresses this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In a lighter moment earlier, the mayor, wearing a gray suit, had joined a tiara-wearing Miss Huntington Beach in selecting winners of a lottery—to run fireworks stands—from numbered balls in a bingo cage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The wedding guest list numbered around 50, including Jared Kushner and other members of the Trump family.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

A one-time pad contained randomly generated sets of numbers, organized in groups of five, that were added mathematically to the encoded, numbered messages.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The stars of this "penguin parade" are from a wild colony on the island, numbering up to 40,000 seabirds at the height of the breeding season in the southern hemisphere's spring and summer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

There are significantly fewer Syrian TPS holders in the U.S. than Haitian ones, numbering around 6,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Bumblebees, by comparison, build nests underground in soil or leaf litter, and their colonies are much smaller, usually numbering between 50 and 500 individuals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

"People are already familiar with the current SPF numbering system and it's used around the world. The numbers just need to be accurate."

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

The Dikoris were members of the Moro tribe, a mostly Christian group numbering close to one hundred thousand, and among the largest ethnic groups in the Nuba.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John


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