a good many

idiom

informal
: a lot of
There were a good many people at the meeting.

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Indeed, a survey of more than 2,800 new car buyers in the U.S. and 2,300 in the United Kingdom and Germany late last year revealed a good many of them would consider an EREV for their next vehicle, if available. Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 There are 81 books besides a good many books for reference and statistics presented by T.H. Pendergast. Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 For the bevy of current acts claiming to have burrowed down into the roots of country music, a good many of them have never actually cracked far enough into the surface of the soil to even plant a dandelion — all the while, Nick Shoulders is busy doing his best groundhog impression. Aaron Davis, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2025 Astronomers now suspect a good many of space rocks may have lunar origins as well. NASA plans to observe 2024 PT5 via radar antenna at its next flyby in January, tracking it for a week using the Goldstone solar system radar antenna in California’s Mojave Desert, part of the Deep Space Network. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for a good many

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“A good many.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20good%20many. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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