a number
Example Sentences
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After the match, when there was a lap of honour, a number of France's 2018 World Cup winners were on the pitch, including Giroud, who plays his club football in Lille, and Rapahel Varane.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
"But what I was dealing with was a number of protesters in a building site with lots of debris, lots of things there that could have potentially escalated," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Costco cut the price External link on a number of its private label items, sold under its Kirkland Signature brand, spanning bed sheets to golf balls.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The company also created a Siri app for its devices and said its capabilities will be connected to a number of functions on the iPhone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A simple cipher might replace every letter with a number, so that A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so on.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
