large number
Example Sentences
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Nearly twenty scrolls discovered at Qumran address calendars and astronomy, an unusually large number that indicates how significant these subjects were to the community.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
That is a large number considering that the S&P 500 is only down a couple percentage points from its all-time high.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Palantir builds software aimed at allowing organisations to make better use of their data and holds a large number of UK government contracts including with the NHS, the Ministry of Defence and 11 police forces.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
As an embarrassingly large number of readers often remind me, I own the Pulitzer Prize for Pitiful Prognostication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
There will also be a very large number of stars, which are just like our own sun but much farther from us.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
