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number

[nuhm-ber] / ˈnʌm bər /




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Swatch's Old Trafford store in Greater Manchester has reopened after the police were called and then dispersed a large number of people.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“I have an 800 number now that I call if I get the urge to buy an airline stock,” he said at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"The old methodology involved collecting thousands of experimental results and reinterpreting them to get the single number, the magnetic moment of the muon," Fodor said.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

By Tuesday morning, that number was hovering around 17,000 residents, Dowd said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

But, well, you should see the number of hats I’ve made for Llama.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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