How to Use any number of in a Sentence
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The mile-long route may be used as the first leg in any number of out-and-back or loop hikes.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
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Now, there are any number of reasons why that hasn’t been the case.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
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The trunk can be cut into disks good for any number of craft projects.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
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From there, bet on any number of sports with house money.
—cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
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Steve Lawrence – and his late wife, Eydie Gorme – sang any number of songs about love.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Beets can also be juiced and used in any number of ways, from drinks to dressings.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2024
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For as unique as Kendrick, or any number of rappers who touched the stage tonight sound, there is no one quite like E-40.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 20 June 2024
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But there are a lot of things that should happen, but don't, for any number of reasons.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
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If Adelman doesn’t get the job, the Nuggets could go any number of directions.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
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And Jones could go on any number of far-right outlets to share his outlandish views.
—Jon Passantino, CNN, 14 June 2024
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Most of these meetings would be at home in the pages of any number of bodice-ripping romances.
—Michael Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
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But truly, this bowl is perfect for chips and any number of dips.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
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While its white-on-white scheme might at first seem in line with any number of chic living rooms, there’s more here than meets the eye.
—Catherine Hong, ELLE Decor, 20 Apr. 2023
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Then again, Jones might be alluding to any number of things.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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But the sirens can be used to warn of any number of threats, per the site, which explicitly names wildfires.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
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For any number of people that are put in danger in that scenario.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 June 2025
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There are any number of cars that can flood us with adrenaline, but not so many that can fill us with joy.
—Nick Czap, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
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The plane was close enough to Ukraine that it could have been shot down with any number of weapons available to the Ukrainian military.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
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Bruce Bochy said the Rangers have looked at any number of potential lineup tweaks to jump start the offense.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
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Betts' meeting with the Dodgers brass could have covered any number of topics.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Greatness comes in all shapes, sizes and packages; genius can take any number of forms.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
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The point is economics and the point is what hangs off of any number of factors — the number of games in a season just being one.
—Mark Maske, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
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Why now? There could be any number of reasons for why Israel would opt to launch this attack now.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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Be open to the idea that the cause may stem from any number of sources, including changes in workplace dynamics.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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Tensions could have arisen for any number of reasons, but plague found on the teeth of a few children could help explain.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
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They’ll also be forced to field any number of amendments Republicans bring up to alter the bill.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026
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And now this only child is camped out in her apartment and is having a lot of phone sex with any number of lovers, all within earshot of his dying mother.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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With new home construction, any number of subcontractors will have copies of the keys to your house.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
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Among those residents have surely been any number of classical musicians and dancers.
—Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2026
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But there were any number of songs about those victims and trying to memorialize them in song.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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