in numbers
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: in total amount or quantity
Fish were once plentiful in this river, but they have since declined in numbers.
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Joe Raedle | Getty Images Nonfarm payrolls grew slightly more than expected in November but slumped in October while unemployment hit its highest in four years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday in numbers delayed by the government shutdown.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
After an increase in numbers in the 1990s and early 2000s, caribou declined across their range by 65 percent, from about five-and-a-half million to less than two million.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
And now, Santa Fe Christian — a team that is small in numbers but huge in heart — can pull off a perfect season.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
With tensions rising over the potential for a conflict over Taiwan, this disparity in numbers could prove an Achilles’ Heel for any planned US response to defend the islands.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
After an increase in numbers in the 1990s and early 2000s, caribou declined across their range by 65 percent, from about five-and-a-half million to less than two million.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
And now, Santa Fe Christian — a team that is small in numbers but huge in heart — can pull off a perfect season.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
With tensions rising over the potential for a conflict over Taiwan, this disparity in numbers could prove an Achilles’ Heel for any planned US response to defend the islands.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
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“In numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20numbers. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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