several dozen

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: many : probably more than 36
She has published several dozen poems.

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Bond has chased his nemesis around the Great Pyramids of Giza, a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City, and along Venice’s canals, among several dozen other gorgeous backdrops. Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 29 July 2025 Already, several dozen people were sitting in the rows of blue chairs. Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 25 July 2025 Abandoned at birth by her mother, Margarita was the youngest of several dozen children living in a home for orphans and kids with disabilities in the city of Kherson. Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025 Comments on the post were disabled after the first several dozen replies. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for several dozen

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