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Competitive players shouldn’t take anything outside 6 inches but that’s only a few thousand out of millions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

A trillion is an inconceivably large number — for that matter, so is a billion, which is a thousand million, while a trillion is a thousand billion.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The schedule promoted a free glam bar, which wasn’t staffed for most of the weekend, said Brielle Cenci, a vendor who paid several thousand dollars to have a booth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The team created the nanoscrolls by rolling flat MXene flakes into tiny tubular structures that are about ten thousand times thinner than a water pipe.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Only a handful of soldiers—some of them looking no older than fifteen—were there to guard a thousand women.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom