thousand

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While several activists have been released in recent years, human rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of political prisoners remain in detention -- claims which the authorities deny.

From Barron's

Hundreds of thousands of guns will be collected and destroyed, the government predicts.

From BBC

The thousands of pages released on Friday are only a share of what is to come, according to the justice department.

From BBC

An examination of thousands of adults across fields including sports, music, academia and chess found that world-class performers—Olympic champions, renowned composers, Nobel laureates—often don’t excel early.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans scrambled to leave the country, terrified that the Islamists would exact revenge on anyone who had helped the West.

From Barron's