dozen

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It’s good news for Easter egg buyers, as the average price of a dozen conventional eggs fell to $1.423 in the fiscal third quarter from $4.766 a year ago.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The average selling price for a dozen conventional eggs dropped 70.1% from the same quarter last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Yonaguni, just a few dozen miles from Taiwan, had no military forces stationed there until 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

More than a dozen could not give an approximate start date.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Leah still received about half a dozen booking telegrams each day, but the requests for appearances seemed to slow.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock