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thousand

[thou-zuhnd] / ˈθaʊ zənd /
ADJECTIVE
having 1000 of something
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NOUN
pertaining to 1000
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The additional cost “could be a couple of hundred dollars to a couple of thousand dollars, and also depends on the size of the property you buy,” he added.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

They then compared those values with data from several thousand living mammals, non-avian reptiles, and birds.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

The Eighth is known as “Symphony of a Thousand,” yet a thousand musicians, chorus members and vocal soloists were too few for Dudamel.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

And just above the visible surface sits a thin, pinkish layer called the chromosphere - only a few thousand kilometres thick.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

A woman official spoke a few words and gave me the two thousand silver dollars I had won for being the first musher to reach Iditarod.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

"I did feel like a criminal," says Neil - one of several thousands complaining of being wrongly suspended or permanently banned, spending days trapped in a system of what they believe are AI generated responses.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

When Zhou died in January 1976, hundreds of thousands of mourners poured into Tiananmen Square with wreaths and poems, a spontaneous outpouring that the ailing Mao’s allies saw as a challenge to their authority.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The attorneys general’s lawsuit and the one tried in Los Angeles earlier this year are bellwethers — test cases chosen from among thousands of related actions in a single court system.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The cyclospora outbreak has become the nation’s largest of its kind, sickening thousands of people.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

The Japanese soldiers try to position themselves as friends, but it’s a daunting task; thousands of Filipino guerrillas are in the mountains, and nearly everyone in Manila has relatives or friends among them.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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