million
noun
mil·lion
ˈmi(l)-yən 
plural millions or million
1
: a number equal to 1,000 times 1,000 see Table of Numbers
2
: a very large number
millions of cars on the road
3
: the mass of common people
—used with the
million
adjective
Examples of million in a Sentence
intellectuals sneered that television was a medium clearly aimed at the millions
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Telegram said its moderation systems remove millions of pieces of harmful content each month, including non-consensual pornography.
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Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
In total, many tens of millions of people around the world suffer from some form of paralysis and could profoundly benefit from brain-computer interfaces.
—Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
However, some of those were unrelated to the parks themselves, and is still just a tiny fraction of the millions of people who visit the parks annually.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 June 2026
In one Zooniverse project related to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, volunteers will visually inspect and annotate 2D slitless spectroscopic images from the telescope to observe the redshift of millions of galaxies — the main method used for measuring the expansion of the universe.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 June 2026
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Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
In total, many tens of millions of people around the world suffer from some form of paralysis and could profoundly benefit from brain-computer interfaces.
—Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
However, some of those were unrelated to the parks themselves, and is still just a tiny fraction of the millions of people who visit the parks annually.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 June 2026
In one Zooniverse project related to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, volunteers will visually inspect and annotate 2D slitless spectroscopic images from the telescope to observe the redshift of millions of galaxies — the main method used for measuring the expansion of the universe.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 June 2026
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“Million.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/million. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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