large numbers
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These tasks historically absorbed large numbers of early-career workers because they were time-consuming and costly to perform.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Gererd Pike of Hooked Up Fishing said his fishing charter boat was six miles from Kennedy Shoal on Sunday and he had seen large numbers of "vicious, unpredictable" bull sharks in the area.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
Allison Janney, “The Diplomat” “The women of ‘The Pitt’ didn’t make it in this category in large numbers last year outside of Katherine LaNasa.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
But its shares fell in extended trading, which Ruth Foxe-Blader, managing partner at US venture capital firm Citrine Venture Partners, put down to "a law of large numbers".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Within a decade of Tasmania’s settlement by Europeans with dogs, Aboriginal Tasmanians, who had never before seen dogs, began to breed them in large numbers for use in hunting.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
