numbers

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Numbers and costs are set to rise rapidly, with spending on health and disability-related benefits forecast to increase from £65bn a year currently to £100bn by 2029.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Numbers were once even greater - after a devastating famine in the mid-1990s triggered what rights groups described as a silent exodus over a more porous border with China.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Numbers like that were usually only seen in peak season such as during the August summer holidays, Yorke said.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

At Strength in Numbers, data journalist G. Elliott Morris explained that “they were unhappy with Biden, unhappy with prices, and voted accordingly.”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

There is much talk upon the Road of Boston & its Captivity, for Parliament’s Army hides within — silent — mum — & its Citizens trapped, while without, our Numbers grow.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson