a good many

idiom

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

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In Slow Tech, Ginn, one of the co-hosts, walks readers through dozens of projects featured on the shows, and a good many new ones: weaving baskets, making candles, roasting meat, extracting salt from seawater. Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025 While the solar industry steadfastly denies that rooftop panels do anything but save California money, the CPUC — and a good many experts — say solar owners avoid grid upkeep charges that are built into kilowatt hour charges. Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 21 July 2025 This statement, which may now strike us as anodyne, offended a good many of her friends, including the married ones. James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 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 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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