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number

[nuhm-ber] / ˈnʌm bər /




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The most commercially successful of their many recordings was Heaven or Las Vegas which reached number seven in the UK Albums Chart immediately after its release in 1990.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

“When we look at 2028, we have received already a large number of orders from our customers for EUV,” the French boss said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Physiological age reflects how well the body is functioning and may differ from chronological age, which is simply the number of years someone has lived.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Work had been carried out on two other pillars, numbers 10 and 11, and was planned for number 9.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

There’s something about that number that screams adulthood.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Work had been carried out on two other pillars, numbers 10 and 11, and was planned for number 9.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

But at the same time, I'm not here to make up the numbers.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The protest numbers are all songs that have been part of Price’s repertoire across the years.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

It continues: “Don’t search for or use Robinhood phone numbers through an internet browser because they potentially are scams. Many phone support scams direct you to call a fake Robinhood customer service number.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

No one asked the obvious question: What happens to the great structural position if subprime mortgage borrowers begin to default in greater than expected numbers?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

Trehan told, external the news website Scroll in 2025 that the board's objections initially numbered 21 but eventually grew to 127 proposed cuts.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Even though officials had emptied and closed a site in Durban which had at one stage held roughly 10,000 people, foreign nationals continued to arrive and numbered around 1,000 on Friday, an AFP journalist said.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 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

All the boxes, bins, and crates were numbered.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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 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

Even membership in the UAW, once numbering 1.5 million, is now under 400,000 and falling, and more than a quarter of its current members work in academia.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

A huge throng of handcuffed black men and women, numbering in the hundreds, filled the narrow street from side to side.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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