- plural of thousand.
thousands
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
At least four people died in eastern Japan after "unprecedented" heavy rain that left thousands stranded at Narita airport overnight and snarled up roads and rail services, authorities said Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It was picked algorithmically and put at the top of recommended songs on stories and reels, and so we started seeing thousands of reels being used with its intro.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Shipping cars in containers isn’t new; it just isn’t usually done at scale to move thousands of cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tuhill said the service's fire control team had dealt with thousands of 999 calls through the day, and added the fires were "one of the most significant" incidents the service had ever dealt with.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Dad and I used to do them together—the hard ones with thousands of pieces that took days.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
