dozen

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At the time, the government said it planned to acquire and convert more than two dozen warehouses into detention centers and processing sites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

There are about a dozen countries working on carbon-removal demand policies that could add up to about $10 billion per year by 2035.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Ask a group of friends and you'll likely get a dozen different answers.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

They’re in first place even though one of their biggest bombers, Shohei Ohtani, is about a dozen homers shy of last year’s pace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Ten pounds of sugar and two dozen clothespins felt like quite a load in that late afternoon heat, so I decided to travel cross-lots, which meant cutting across neighbors’ farms.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney