large numbers
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According to the researchers, sunlight's broad spectrum helps support quasi-phase matching inside the nonlinear crystal, allowing the production of large numbers of position-correlated photon pairs.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Thursday’s 90-minute CBS debate may have been the final opportunity for candidates to directly address large numbers of voters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The dump, which is partly open air, attracts large numbers of scavenger birds.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
In some cases, large numbers of passengers have missed flights as a result.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Within a decade of Tasmania’s settlement by Europeans with dogs, Aboriginal Tasmanians, who had never before seen dogs, began to breed them in large numbers for use in hunting.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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