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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
Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
Only a small percentage of college stars will ever play professionally, and an even tinier number will become wealthy, but the fate of the vast majority of student-athletes is a matter of indifference to the predatory NCAA.
—Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
James Powel, USA Today, 9 June 2025
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Durant's days in Phoenix are numbered, and that could all be coming to an end this summer.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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Noun
Yet recent research shows different numbers after people have ridden in autonomous vehicles.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
Only a small percentage of college stars will ever play professionally, and an even tinier number will become wealthy, but the fate of the vast majority of student-athletes is a matter of indifference to the predatory NCAA.
—Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
Verb
The company will move from numbering operating system updates sequentially to numbering them by year in a manner similar to the way car models are identified.
—James Powel, USA Today, 9 June 2025
More Phoenix Suns news: Big Announcement Made on Head Coaching Search
Durant's days in Phoenix are numbered, and that could all be coming to an end this summer.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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The past few days, when temperatures have been reaching into triple digits, made the children feel as ...—
Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
30 June 2025
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The heat wave hitting Baltimore, which has caused temperatures to rise to the triple digits, is projected to continue into Thursday, perhaps with afternoon storms.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
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Dense breasts don’t correlate with body or breast size—they’re a function of tissue composition, with more glandular and fibrous tissue and less fat.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The objective is to study the composition and origin of the domes and surroundings.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Yet a war with Iran may be enough to seemingly legitimize his use of the act.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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Of all the acts, though, Sudanese American vocalist Dua Saleh was the most subdued, swaying between heart-fluttering falsettos and cunning raps.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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Second, between February and October 1942, the Germans changed the anatomy of their Enigma cipher machine, meaning the Allies were unable to decode the messages sent to and from U-boats.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
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Black Samson goes on to complete the cipher with the presence of some new blood including Benny the Butcher, 38 Spesh and RJ Payne.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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But being an innovator on the long run — and therefore one of WWD’s Originals — is no mean feat, particularly in the early days.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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The challenge combines the physical feat with a second goal for participants to raise funds to support conservation activities within the San Dieguito River watershed.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Move forward a few decades, and no one bats an eye at someone using Excel to perform calculations.—
John Schneider,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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That amounts to about 18% of employer establishments in the state, based on calculations using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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With more than 81% of ballots counted, unofficial returns from the city Board of Elections showed Mamdani holding a roughly 8% lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has generally polled as the primary’s front-runner.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Ballots that had that candidate ranked at the top will then have their votes counted toward their next preferred candidate.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
25 June 2025
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As such, the videos, often captured by bystanders and then aggregated by activist groups or local-news accounts, have become a primary record of what is going on; the federal government is not offering detailed information about where people are taken.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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There is no chance that contract will survive past October; Castleton will either be aggregated for use in an offseason trade or cut before the season.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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