- comparative of numb.
number
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The company, she said, sees “a lot of potential in the U.S. in terms of the number of stores.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
"The patient safety incident investigation identified a number of contributing factors that led to the patient's death," they said at the time.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“The Batman Part II” began filming in London in June after a number of previous delays while Reeves and Mattson Tomlin wrote the script.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
And there are a number of other constitutional concerns scholars have raised about the structure of H.B.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Arkansas doesn’t require front license plates, so the number of cars from far-flung origins like Washington, Montana, and Ontario stick out.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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After the stinging rounds of layoffs, Kim said, the university expects to “significantly exceed” the roughly $30-million surplus he forecast for USC earlier this year during his state-of-the-university speech, though final numbers are pending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He archly suggests that we adopt “botanical” instead of “astronomical” to describe mind-bogglingly large numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
IVF does improve these numbers somewhat, but the decline is still steep at older ages.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Our phone numbers are through Tello, a mobile virtual-network operator that rents tower space from T-Mobile.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
They didn’t know for sure that subprime loans would default in sufficient numbers to cause the CDOs to collapse.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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By that standard, her days may already be numbered.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Lincoln Nation conducted major combat operations, enforced naval blockade and demonstrated the presence and power of the carrier strike group and multiple numbered fleets, all while keeping up unprecedented operational tempo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The last time two women headlined one of the UFC's flagship numbered events was when Amanda Nunes defeated in June 2023.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The wedding guest list numbered around 50, including Jared Kushner and other members of the Trump family.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Much more important was the news that Rosy’s days at King’s were numbered.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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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
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
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
Cepeda was central to Petro’s signature plan, Total Peace, designed to de-escalate conflict with the country’s hybrid groups that are part insurgencies, part drug gangs, each numbering thousands of fighters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
You have to search page by page until you see a break in the page numbering at the top.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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