numbers
Example Sentences
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Numbers were once even greater - after a devastating famine in the mid-1990s triggered what rights groups described as a silent exodus over a more porous border with China.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
"Numbers have plummeted due to a myriad of different factors including over-abstraction, habitat degradation, pollution, impacts on redds, in-stream barriers, climate change, and pressures associated within the marine environment."
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Numbers don’t lie, and U.S. companies are still throwing up good ones.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
At Strength in Numbers, data journalist G. Elliott Morris explained that “they were unhappy with Biden, unhappy with prices, and voted accordingly.”
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
Numbers aside, their domination of the football team was astounding.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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