any number of

idiom

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

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Compare Shelley Joseph’s kid-gloves treatment with how her fellow corrupt cops have railroaded any number of other defendants or victims, starting with Karen Read, Sandra Birchmore, Fred Weichel, Willie Bennett, Frances Choy, Juston Root, Leonardo Johnson, Kyle Culotta et al. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025 The lines between life and art, truth and fiction, get mighty blurry in Trier’s emotionally expansive, extremely wry film, though the family drama itself is just a spine on which to hang any number of other fixations and preoccupations. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025 From the off, Deza identifies any number of gaps and inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case against her client, and even evidence of a systemic conspiracy against her. Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025 The real Soup Nazi was a notoriously cranky chef named Al Yeganeh, who would refuse service to anyone who committed any number of small infractions while in line for his famously tasty bisques. Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 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 14 Nov. 2025.

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