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plural

[ploor-uhl] / ˈplʊər əl /
ADJECTIVE
more than one
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Then "grünen" indicates that the noun will be plural and green in color.

From Science Daily Feb. 20, 2026

Antisemitism corrodes the civic foundations on which plural societies depend.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2025

The new title’s plural refers to the author’s constant themes, which aren’t surprising.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2025

“Data is not the plural of anecdote,” as any statistician will tell you.

From MarketWatch Oct. 18, 2025

For most of us, plurals get sticky mainly when they involve proper names, nouns with several parts, or words that can be either singular or plural.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

But it allows many plurals, past tenses and contractions.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2022

But when teaching an Italian Portuguese, is it better to teach adjectives before plurals?

From BBC Oct. 8, 2021

What is it with people and animals and irregular plurals?

From Slate Nov. 12, 2019

It’s always dealing with plurals: Usher is writing about Usher; Usher is living and remembering and ideating, all at once; he never gets a chance to be still, to be just one person.

From The New Yorker Jun. 24, 2019

The problem with adding s is that we get plurals and pos- sessives confused.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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