any number of

idiom

: many different
The dish can be prepared in any number of ways.

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But there are a lot of things that should happen, but don't, for any number of reasons. Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025 With its wide-ranging impact, the Dead could have had any number of guests perform with it in Golden Gate Park. Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025 That means the road to success likely will have any number of dead ends, detours, and potholes—a familiar path SpaceX seems to be following with its super-sized, 400-foot- tall Starship rocket, designed to support interplanetary travel. Julia Dhar, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 Cloudy vision can be accompanied by other eye symptoms, which develop in any number of conditions that affect the eyes, including cataracts, AMD, diabetic retinopathy, and inflammatory eye conditions. Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for any number of

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“Any number of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/any%20number%20of. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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