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As populations age, the number of people living with dementia is expected to increase substantially.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Rangers were good value for their win over Motherwell but with the number of chances they created it should have been more comfortable.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

A growing number are also focusing on how they can thrive when companies reward owners and shareholders more than workers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

This spending is unique for a number of reasons, besides the eye-popping numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

I think I’d have to change my number if the secret got out!

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Still, it continues to face challenges in the U.K., where passenger numbers are down in both Bus and Coach, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Based on the numbers and your projected retirement income, very likely yes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Either way, the city is energized and on the brink of surpassing its pre-pandemic tourism numbers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Nepali police say they are looking into where these comments have originated from to identify addresses and phone numbers.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Once we come closer to the port, seagulls flying above us, flapping their wings, we notice the huge numbers of homeless outcasts like ourselves.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

The pupils had been asked to hand over their phones, placing them in a dedicated numbered storage unit mounted on the classroom wall.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

There he became involved with the Footlights Club, which numbered Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor among its members.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The details of the bodies are documented and the graves numbered so that family members can return and reclaim them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

On the NYSE, new 52-week highs outpaced new lows and numbered more than 100 again, so this buy signal is still in place — narrowly averting being stopped out.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

In all, the workforce in the park numbered four thousand.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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 move is also expected to increase capacity, a growing consideration as the academy’s ranks have expanded significantly in recent years, now numbering more than 11,000 members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Iranian authorities have a formidable internal security apparatus, numbering an estimated "850,000 agents of repression", Pierre Razoux, director of studies at the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, told French lawmakers on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

The Muggles who lived in Grimmauld Place had long since accepted the amusing mistake in the numbering that had caused number eleven to sit beside number thirteen.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling