- comparative of numb.
number
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On a small but growing number of sites, you might also find some banks’ entry into the field, called Paze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he is "on a mission" to reduce the number of Neets.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
PayPal owns the Venmo brand and disclosed more than 50% growth in the number of monthly active accounts for its Venmo debit card.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
NHK aired footage from elsewhere in the southwestern Kumamoto region on Kyushu island showing several blazes, damaged bridges, a derailed cargo train and a number of houses threatening to topple over.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
“So Rachel gave Oliver my number on purpose. Because of the scroll. Because she knew she’d get her five minutes of fame. And—even knowing Oliver would hear all the rumors at school—she kept it going.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Analysts’ models are assuming new efficiencies, but some of the numbers look too good to be true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Algorithmic mediation of the past means that the greatest weight will be given to what privileged institutions have already been able to preserve in the greatest numbers.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
In 2011, Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian was even shut down as a precautionary measure due to huge numbers of jellyfish found in sea water entering the plant.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Deaths were more than double that at 1.6 million, while the fertility rate edged down 0.01 percentage points to 1.14 although marriages inched higher, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry numbers showed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
As early as 2004, if you looked at the numbers, you could clearly see the decline in lending standards.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The details of the bodies are documented and the graves numbered so that family members can return and reclaim them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
On the NYSE, new 52-week highs outpaced new lows and numbered more than 100 again, so this buy signal is still in place — narrowly averting being stopped out.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Descended from King Charles II and one of his mistresses, Richmond numbered among those aristocratic Whigs who dominated the British parliament in the 18th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
GoPro also announced in April it was cutting 23 percent of its staff, which had numbered 631.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
All the boxes, bins, and crates were numbered.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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The sector, which employed nearly 400,000 people at the end of the communist era, now has a total workforce numbering only 70,000.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Despite numbering only about 2,000 individuals, the Bristol Bay belugas showed high levels of genetic diversity and relatively little evidence of inbreeding.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
The move is also expected to increase capacity, a growing consideration as the academy’s ranks have expanded significantly in recent years, now numbering more than 11,000 members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
A tiny polished die recovered from a deserted medieval village in Lower Radbourne, Warwickshire, resembles modern ones, but with a different numbering format.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
The Babylonian system of numbering was like an abacus inscribed symbolically onto a clay tablet.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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