a thousand times

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If they could have played the game a thousand times then deciding what to do would have been easier: Keep playing unless the banker’s offer is better than the expected value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

In fact, a lot of what we hear is just retelling stories we’ve heard a thousand times, only with less structure.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

Antiferromagnetic magnons can move at terahertz frequencies -- around a thousand times faster than magnetic waves in conventional materials.

From Science Daily • Nov. 5, 2025

"If you've seen the film 'Oppenheimer', I sat 20 miles from a nuclear explosion that was a thousand times greater than that explosion," he told Newsnight.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

I keep looking at Sahil and he keeps looking at me and our hands have brushed a thousand times as we both reach for the same pencil or highlighter.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon