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thousand

[thou-zuhnd] / ˈθaʊ zənd /
ADJECTIVE
having 1000 of something
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NOUN
pertaining to 1000
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And then when you put your eye on it, you can transform it, even though you’ve passed the same block a thousand times.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

But gas sales averaged negative $2.15 per thousand cubic feet, which is roughly equivalent to a million British thermal units.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

According to Fuller's calculations, a star approaching the white dwarf stage may experience roughly 10,000 small kicks over several hundred thousand years.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

More than a thousand tickets remain available on the Fifa resale site, several around face value plus the Fifa fee.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The country is comprised of more than seven thousand islands, most of which are smaller than one square mile.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated across France and Spain as the countries have been affected by large wildfires.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

He added that it promises to “create thousands of jobs, lower electricity costs for American families, and deliver energy infrastructure needed to power the AI economy.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Target is already organically mentioned tens of thousands of times a day on social media, according to the retailer’s chief digital and revenue officer, Sarah Travis, who leads the Club Target program.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Tens of thousands of protesters, mainly students, rallied last week in New Delhi and other cities, demanding Pradhan's resignation and broader reforms of the examination system.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

I thought a second and said, “Oh, I know now. That’s the place you were telling me about where they have all of those books; thousands and thousands of books.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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