in number
idiom
: in amount or quantity
Fish were once plentiful in this river, but they have since declined in number.
The protesters were few in number, but they were very loud.
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The division is so sharp that Republicans, although small in number, could be decisive.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
Freelance professionals are rapidly growing in number and will surpass half of the U.S. workforce by 2027 (86.5 million freelancers) according to Statista.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The uptick in number and size of glacial lakes is expected to increase the frequency of outburst flooding events in the future.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last Theorem, a central problem in number theory that had remained open for over three centuries.
—Joseph Howlett, Wired News, 27 July 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
Freelance professionals are rapidly growing in number and will surpass half of the U.S. workforce by 2027 (86.5 million freelancers) according to Statista.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The uptick in number and size of glacial lakes is expected to increase the frequency of outburst flooding events in the future.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last Theorem, a central problem in number theory that had remained open for over three centuries.
—Joseph Howlett, Wired News, 27 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for in number
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“In number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20number. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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