as many as
idiom
—used to suggest that a number or amount is surprisingly large
As many as 60 students competed for the prize.
They lost by as many as 20 points.
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The company intends to bring as many as 1,000 detainees to the facility, which has sat dormant for three years, with or without city approval.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Still, the show won over millions of fans, drawing in as many as 20 million viewers per episode.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The decision would have meant that as of Wednesday, as many as 350,000 Venezuelans, many of them living in South Florida, would have lost the ability to legally work in the U.S, and a few days later would have been vulnerable to detention and deportation.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Republican proposals could result in as many as 20 million people losing Medicaid coverage if the federal government scales back its 90 percent match for expansion states, according to a February report the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Still, the show won over millions of fans, drawing in as many as 20 million viewers per episode.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The decision would have meant that as of Wednesday, as many as 350,000 Venezuelans, many of them living in South Florida, would have lost the ability to legally work in the U.S, and a few days later would have been vulnerable to detention and deportation.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Republican proposals could result in as many as 20 million people losing Medicaid coverage if the federal government scales back its 90 percent match for expansion states, according to a February report the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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“As many as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20many%20as. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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