a number

Example Sentences

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The London-listed company said the proposal follows a number of earlier approaches to the board.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In recent years, the NFL has carved out a number of games from the broadcast packages to sell to Netflix and YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

The audio showed that a number of other possible fouls had been considered, including Leandro Trossard on Pablo, with the VAR team flagging them to the referee.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The index aims to measure the availability of Nvidia GPUs — still the gold standard for training AI models — through a number of major cloud providers.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Aras had said that within the wreck he had seen a number of large copper ingots and that he had actually recovered a bronze knife.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler