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number

[nuhm-ber] / ˈnʌm bər /




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Goldman named 13 engineering partners, the highest number in its history, as the bank invests more in AI and machine-learning tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Angel City also underwent a number of coaching changes this summer, dropping manager Alexander Straus for Leif Gunnar Smerud in June, then replacing goalkeeper coach Kevin Moreno with Louis Hunt in July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

A number of high-profile Irish media organisations, including Ireland's public service broadcaster RTÉ, have been evacuated after threats were made against them.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The automaker faced a lengthy series of setbacks including a number of high-profile recalls, including most recently in April for all 173 of its rear-wheel-drive Cybertrucks over fears that the wheels could fall off.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Your brain has lots of synapses because the neurons are layered and clumped together so that the number of possible connections is huge.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

To get those big numbers, you’ve got to bowl with frequency and we only go maybe once or twice a week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

But it said the rise in numbers would be challenging due to a lack of housing in its area, adding that the algorithm did not take into account the local situation.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Ghosts have been wafting around the city’s theaters in unusual numbers, turning them into a sprawling version of Disney’s haunted mansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

It also is updated on the back end each year when new IRS numbers are released or Congress changes tax rules.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

They merely needed to stop rising at the unprecedented rates they had the previous few years for vast numbers of Americans to default on their home loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The days of search, as we’ve known it since the dawn of the web, may be numbered.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

By that standard, her days may already be numbered.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The last time two women headlined one of the UFC's flagship numbered events was when Amanda Nunes defeated in June 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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

I can see that she’s numbered the activities, all 31 of them.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Some Uyghurs—in recent years numbering around 12 million in Xinjiang—have sought independence, following efforts in the 1930s and 1940s to establish statehood before the Communist Party took control of the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

A human tsunami -- numbering more than 1.2 million people according to organisers -- braved the heat.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

The group, currently numbering 12, envisages growing food to sell, holding workshops and retreats - and even setting up a "granny agency" to look after children.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Despite numbering only about 2,000 individuals, the Bristol Bay belugas showed high levels of genetic diversity and relatively little evidence of inbreeding.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026

The Indian system of numbering allowed them to use fancy tricks to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers without using an abacus to help them.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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