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as in composition
a literary, musical, or artistic production
a doomsday novel that turns out to be one of those it-was-all-a-dream numbers
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as in cipher
a person of no importance or influence
doesn't want to go to some mammoth state university where she would be just a number
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as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
a stunning gymnastics number that really impressed the judges
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as in calculation
numbers plural
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
if you believe the president's numbers, we can afford these new programs and still have tax cuts
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as in to aggregate
to have a total of
the full-time staff numbers 30 people
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as in to include
to have as part of a whole
is numbered among the great minds of our times
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Recent Examples of number
Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 June 2026
His father embarked on a number of business ventures, including working as a taxi driver, after the family settled in New York City.
—Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
But the player’s days with Nike could still nonetheless be numbered despite his fourth model having already been previewed.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
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Noun
The number fell from 892,565 participants in July to 448,976 in February, according to the Agriculture Department.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 June 2026
His father embarked on a number of business ventures, including working as a taxi driver, after the family settled in New York City.
—Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Verb
Taittinger’s Brut Reserve FIFA 2026 bottle, Clase Azul’s Spirit of Champions Limited Edition $1,700 decanter and Leyenda’s numbered Summer of Champions Special Edition Añejo create historic artifacts traveling between restaurants, hotels and private homes.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
But the player’s days with Nike could still nonetheless be numbered despite his fourth model having already been previewed.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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The feels-like temps will soar into the triple digits, likely peaking in the mid to upper 100s across much of Miami-Dade and Broward counties.—
Nic Merianos,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Wednesday is expected to be the hottest day of 2026 so far, with temperatures hitting triple digits in southeastern Colorado and the upper 90s in Denver, according to the National Weather Service.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
17 June 2026
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The session included newer compositions from Rollins, Davis, and Theolonious Monk alongside the theoretically hokey showtunes that Davis would help turn into standards.—
Natalie Weiner,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
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Throughout the trial, the scientists monitored a wide variety of physiological factors, including the animals' weight, glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, hormone levels, internal inflammation and the specific composition of their gut bacteria.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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For Executive Chef Gary Caldwell, crafting this menu is an act of preservation.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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But the Royals produced an avalanche of offense, with every starter getting into the act.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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As zonky cross-generational ciphers go, the group’s debut, Strictly 4 the Scythe, is no Hypnotize Camp Posse, the amalgam of Three 6 Mafia and a grip of artists signed to their Hypnotize Minds label in the early 2000s.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
12 Mar. 2026
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The flyover, the atmosphere, the crowd and the impressive feat of constructing the platform, stage and stands on the White House lawn.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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His feat was kept secret for about a year when the world thought the British had broken the sound barrier first.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Since 2022, regulators have already substantially scaled back the original Basel Endgame capital proposals, revised stress-testing transparency rules, reduced Supplementary Leverage Ratio requirements, and proposed removing Treasuries from SLR calculations.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Today, the calculation has changed.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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Meanwhile, the secretary of state's office and the State Election Board have further muddied the waters by issuing conflicting guidance for county election officials about how votes should be cast and counted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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Georgia lawmakers are set to return to the State Capitol on June 17 for a special legislative session that is likely to shape both the state's political map and how votes are counted in upcoming elections.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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The product allows studios to aggregate data from all of their productions digitally.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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As a result, cloud solutions will now be aggregated into a single platform.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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