great number
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“Opera Wars” explores a great number of questions, some of which are impossible to address fully, as Ms. Vincent admits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
In the 1980s a great number of unauthorized immigrants from Caribbean and Central American countries began arriving in the United States.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2025
“I’ve already heard a great number of people saying, ... ‘It’s not even, say, half of Denmark’s annual emissions.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024
The fellowship of evangelical believers has become remarkably diverse, including a great number of migrant families from Asia and Central America.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2023
I must have seen a great number of old friends there, though I cannot recall precisely who.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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