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dozen

[duhz-uhn] / ˈdʌz ən /
NOUN
twelve
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
boxcars dodecahedral


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Measles has largely been under control in the U.S. over the past 30 years, with often just a few dozen cases recorded annually.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

New York authorities on Friday pledged a full investigation into how a residential building collapsed this week, killing eight people and injuring over a dozen more.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Yasmine Chubin, executive director of the Iranian advocacy group, said the organization’s attorneys knew of at least a dozen detainees approached about removal in recent weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Only about a dozen, mostly fragmentary, letters survive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

One person spreading pessimax can easily plunge a dozen acquaintances into despair.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"Each subsidiary burial was a simple chamber in a row of dozens of others," said Campbell.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

“Carol” has never been out of print, and has been translated into dozens of languages, some spoken by cultures without a tradition of a spiritual Christmas at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Instead, after being purchased by a Florida county, it will be added to the dozens of artificial reefs off the coast, as a land-based museum detailing the ship's history is also planned.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

On TikTok, where the account still exists, the video recycling Jasunas's joke is one of dozens like it that have garnered tens of thousands of views.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

All eyes instantly land on us, and there are dozens of them.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas


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