large number
Example Sentences
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As it turns out, $1 trillion is such a large number and so far beyond the human imagination that we can’t wrap our minds around it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
That is an unusually large number, and of itself it implied something odd was going on.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
But Iran's embassy to Turkey said a "large" number of managerial and executive staff and others had been denied visas, prompting a furious response.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
The California Constitution defines a large number of offenses where bail can be denied outright, among them rape, burglary and arson.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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
