a number
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Officers also attended a number of smaller, but peaceful demonstrations in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Perth, Ayr and Paisley, and no arrests were made.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The rules have been strengthened many times after scandals including "Qatargate", in which a number of EU lawmakers were accused in 2022 of being paid to promote the interests of Qatar and Morocco.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The wish tags hanging on the “Wish Tree” feature various hopes and dreams that are written in a number of different languages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The SpaceX prospectus claims a number of advantages, including the alleged cost advantage of running solar-powered data farms in space.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
The number-shape duality in Greek numbers made it easy; after all, zero didn’t have a shape and could thus not be a number.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
