a number of

idiom

: more than two but fewer than many : several

There are a number of different options to choose from.

Examples of a number of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Five years ago, Con Pane Rustic Breads and Cafe, a popular longtime Point Loma business, was forced to close following a federal immigration audit that the then-owner said at the time uncovered a number of employees to be unauthorized workers. —Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025

In recent years, DOJ has prosecuted a number of operatives allegedly acting at the direction of Iranian officials, including some plotting acts of violence. —ABC News, 22 June 2025

Not every one of them was a classic, but a number of them were. —The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025

If President Trump decides not to order a strike on Iran’s main underground enrichment site at Fordow, Israel has a number of options to destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility buried deep under a mountain south of Tehran. —Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025

Rhymes for a number of

• hereinabove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove