large numbers

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Others remember the economic shock when large numbers of U.S. troops stationed in Germany left the country at the end of the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Newsom said the state will prioritize hospitals that serve large numbers of parents enrolled in Medi-Cal, California’s version of the federal Medicaid program providing healthcare coverage to low-income Americans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Congress created the program in 1992 to assist hospitals serving large numbers of low-income patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

So when people do take to the streets in large numbers, it usually signals something deeper.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The electromagnetic attraction is pictured as being caused by the exchange of large numbers of virtual massless particles of spin 1, called photons.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking