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thousand

[thau-zuhnd] / ˈθaʊ zənd /
ADJECTIVE
having 1000 of something
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NOUN
pertaining to 1000
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A source close to the matter told AFP that accommodation for several thousand such personnel had been built in Kisangani.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Just a few thousand cars are expected to be sold each year, with initial deliveries likely going to the people who began reserving their spot in line close to nine years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

“When I was little, I wanted to be an actor, but I also wanted to be a thousand other things,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“You could make a thousand good decisions,” Mr. Brady says, “and you make one bad decision and that’s the only thing people will remember.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nearly a thousand leprosy patients have gathered on this warm Saturday, and they’re all waiting for her.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Musk did not announce a price for the vehicle, but it is expected to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

But Claire has gone through what happened to her, Jack and Paul, thousands of times, in incredibly intricate detail, with hundreds of different journalists.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Coca-Cola and the Colonel: KFC struck a deal to make Coca-Cola its beverage provider at thousands of U.S. restaurants, a blow to longtime supplier and onetime parent company PepsiCo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

On Friday, streets were quiet in Bend, an area known for its natural beauty, with hiking trails and ski slopes nearby that attract tens of thousands of visitors every year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The hundreds of thousands of people who had fled their homes the day before awoke to a very different Japan on March 12.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland


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