so many

adjective

1
: constituting an unspecified number
can only read so many chapters each night
2
: constituting a group or pack
behaved like so many animals

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Creditors is so accessible to so many different kinds of audiences: young and old, seasoned theater goers and newbies to the theater. Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025 The compulsion of doctors to write, then, may simply be an extension of the reason so many of us entered medicine—an implacable curiosity about how people tick. Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025 There are so many hidden benefits of summer camp for both parents and kids. Davon Loeb, Parents, 7 June 2025 There were so many shows this year that tried to cater to hip young folks (Romeo + Juliet, John Proctor), and the one that managed to explode on TikTok is purely riding on the old-school camp star power of these two! Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for so many

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of so many was in 1533

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“So many.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20many. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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