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Instead of concentrating on a small number of recording locations, the scientists examined electrical signals from all 128 electrodes positioned around each participant's scalp.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Unusual weather conditions played a role, officials said, with the number of extreme heat warning days tripling from five in 2025 to 15 so far this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Apple acknowledges an issue affecting the interior, folding screen on a ‘small number of iPhone Duo units.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

In a 2015 study, we asked M.B.A. alumni about the number of people they had been responsible for managing in each of their jobs since graduation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

But that was silly, because the texts came to my number, not the object itself.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The critically endangered subspecies, once found across the Middle East, Central Asia and India, now survives in very small numbers in Iran.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

When the scientists compared different groups of ants, they discovered that lineages containing the greatest numbers of jumping genes also tended to have the most species today.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

"I hope that the numbers will work out and we, the Change Bloc and the UAL, can ensure that there are 61 Knesset seats," United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas said.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

For decades, the military has used smaller numbers of expensive weapons systems that were fired infrequently, even in training.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Katherine’s angles were a little off, so she’d gotten only two shots with complete names and addresses and phone numbers, and two other witness names that could be pieced together from multiple shots.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

By that standard, her days may already be numbered.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The wedding guest list numbered around 50, including Jared Kushner and other members of the Trump family.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Then—and I’m telling you this in strictest confidence—Wiatt’s days are numbered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

There he became involved with the Footlights Club, which numbered Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor among its members.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Sure, we still numbered years for a few more decades, but at the moment of immortality, passing time ceased to matter.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Some Uyghurs—in recent years numbering around 12 million in Xinjiang—have sought independence, following efforts in the 1930s and 1940s to establish statehood before the Communist Party took control of the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The stars of this "penguin parade" are from a wild colony on the island, numbering up to 40,000 seabirds at the height of the breeding season in the southern hemisphere's spring and summer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Bumblebees, by comparison, build nests underground in soil or leaf litter, and their colonies are much smaller, usually numbering between 50 and 500 individuals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

The group, currently numbering 12, envisages growing food to sell, holding workshops and retreats - and even setting up a "granny agency" to look after children.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

The Muggles who lived in Grimmauld Place had long since accepted the amusing mistake in the numbering that had caused number eleven to sit beside number thirteen.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling