numbers

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

"Numbers have plummeted due to a myriad of different factors including over-abstraction, habitat degradation, pollution, impacts on redds, in-stream barriers, climate change, and pressures associated within the marine environment."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 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

Numbers had always been his allies—odds, margins, the art of the wager.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo