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plural

[ploor-uhl] / ˈplʊər əl /
ADJECTIVE
more than one
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A more apt title might have been “The Oligarch and the Presidents,” plural, as Mellon’s clash with Roosevelt only comes in the book’s final 50 or so pages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

With 13% of South Africa's population living with the virus – polygamous unions have divided opinion in the country with many pointing to the dangers plural families face.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Actual implementation of a plural domestic partnership registry, however, is still at least several months away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Then "grünen" indicates that the noun will be plural and green in color.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026

Beware, especially, of the unusual apostrophe in a plural word.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

"There were two guys who thought they were Jesus. So, you know, are we calling you Jesai? Do we use plurals? I can laugh about it now, but I didn't laugh at the time."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023

Irregular plurals may be annoying for language learners, but they’re fun to talk about!

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2019

Rojas-Berscia’s Hebrew helped him with plurals, conjugations, and some roots.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 27, 2018

A similar phenomenon occurs when it comes to using the plurals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2016

Add r to make plurals of individual letters easier to read.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner


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