large number
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For CoAl to become plastic at room temperature, the material needs a large number of these dislocations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
The large number of music festivals held in the UK makes the industry "tougher to survive" here than in other countries, one festival founder has said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Bespoke accepts that its baskets don’t include a large number of companies that are involved with robotics on Chinese, South Korean, or Japanese exchanges.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
India also has a large number of “tribals,” who are outside the caste system but part of the quota system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A summer visitor enters a hardware store in Maine and buys a large number of expensive items.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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