large numbers
Example Sentences
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Above all, men have taken to facial hair—mustaches and beards, and usually both together—in loosely counted but clearly large numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The rulings will apply to jurisdictions that stretch across much of the southern border, affecting states where large numbers of immigrant detainees are held in federal custody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
But the U.S.-Iran war, which used up large numbers of Patriots, has worsened a global shortage of interceptors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The team found that moving enough water to create some of Europa's visible surface features would require fractures that are unrealistically long or present in unusually large numbers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
People still pass through in large numbers, but they park in a turnout, have a brief appreciative gaze, then get back in their cars and drive off.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
