any number of

idiom

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

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In recent months, artists have pulled their music from Spotify for any number of reasons. Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025 An instructor could choose any number of events, ranging from campus unrest in the 1960s to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025 Police were unable to specify any number of missing people. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 Democrats could have chosen any number of priorities to attach to this fight — from tariffs to corruption to ICE raids — instead your party has drawn a line around permanently extending Affordable Care Act tax credits and reversing Medicaid cuts. Nik Popli, Time, 26 Sep. 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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