large numbers
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Some 800 Ghanaians were to be evacuated starting Thursday, but the process was delayed because of the large numbers of evacuees and legal clearance procedures required by South Africa, the ministry said.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
According to the researchers, sunlight's broad spectrum helps support quasi-phase matching inside the nonlinear crystal, allowing the production of large numbers of position-correlated photon pairs.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Outbreaks of meningococcal disease are rare, but can occur in places where large numbers of people group together, such as university campuses or entertainment venues.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Thursday’s 90-minute CBS debate may have been the final opportunity for candidates to directly address large numbers of voters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
A few Greeks, however, such as Democritus, held that matter was inherently grainy and that everything was made up of large numbers of various different kinds of atoms.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
