plural hundreds or hundred
1
: a number equal to 10 times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
hundreds plural
a
: the numbers 100 to 999
b
: a great number
hundreds of times
3
: a 100-dollar bill
4
: a subdivision of some English and American counties
hundred
adjective
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On March 15th, while Hitler spoke from a palace balcony to hundreds of thousands of ecstatic Austrians, Heidi’s father planned escapes for his family.
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Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
Sacramento’s political establishment backed Maple’s challenger, and hundreds of thousands of dollars poured into the race.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft have been plowing hundreds of billions of dollars a year into AI.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 May 2026
War rumbles on Putin, who has ruled Russia as president or prime minister since the last day of 1999, faces a wave of anxiety in Moscow about the war in Ukraine, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people, left swathes of Ukraine in ruins, and drained Russia’s $3 trillion economy.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
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Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
Sacramento’s political establishment backed Maple’s challenger, and hundreds of thousands of dollars poured into the race.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft have been plowing hundreds of billions of dollars a year into AI.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 May 2026
War rumbles on Putin, who has ruled Russia as president or prime minister since the last day of 1999, faces a wave of anxiety in Moscow about the war in Ukraine, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people, left swathes of Ukraine in ruins, and drained Russia’s $3 trillion economy.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hundred. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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