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as in composition
a literary, musical, or artistic production
a doomsday novel that turns out to be one of those it-was-all-a-dream numbers
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as in cipher
a person of no importance or influence
doesn't want to go to some mammoth state university where she would be just a number
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as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
a stunning gymnastics number that really impressed the judges
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as in calculation
numbers plural
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
if you believe the president's numbers, we can afford these new programs and still have tax cuts
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as in to aggregate
to have a total of
the full-time staff numbers 30 people
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as in to include
to have as part of a whole
is numbered among the great minds of our times
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Recent Examples of number
Alan Bradley, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
While official revenue data is scarce, Forbes put that number at $141 million in 2022.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
Craig Fehrman, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
That’s why there’s speculation among residents and observers alike that Pennsuco’s days may be numbered.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The game, which allows for highly realistic simulations of manned (or Kerballed) missions to space (including lunar landings), has seen its second-highest number of concurrent Steam players ever, only beaten by its full launch way back in 2015.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
While official revenue data is scarce, Forbes put that number at $141 million in 2022.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
Even in a party that could number as many as 45 men, York stood out – for his courage, his skill and his sacrifices that helped the famous captains reach the Pacific Ocean.
—Craig Fehrman, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
That’s why there’s speculation among residents and observers alike that Pennsuco’s days may be numbered.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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Previously, the city had only experienced one triple-digit day in March since records began in 1895.—
Dan Peck,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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However, the inaugural event was marred by a triple-digit heat wave and was a financial disaster.—
Vanessa Franko,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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The dominant composition was the intimate duet; often, mandolins were made and sold as twins, to be played together.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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The demo will be presented by award-winning artist Rose Irelan, who will demonstrate her palette, compositions, ocean waves and capturing light.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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The long-running series is enjoying its latest act on Netflix after previously airing on Fox and USA, tantalizing viewers by thrusting four couples due for a reckoning into an exotic locale overflowing with sultry singles whose only goal is to flirt.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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For those who know the play well, some of Mantello’s choices are most striking, especially the horror here of the famous hotel-room scene with a tawdry lover (brutally played by Katherine Romans), an act born of loneliness that destroys a father’s relationship with his son forever.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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As zonky cross-generational ciphers go, the group’s debut, Strictly 4 the Scythe, is no Hypnotize Camp Posse, the amalgam of Three 6 Mafia and a grip of artists signed to their Hypnotize Minds label in the early 2000s.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
12 Mar. 2026
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The still-unidentified Zodiac Killer, who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s, frequently sent threats, demands and ciphers to multiple local papers — namely the San Francisco Chronicle.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Congress rarely manages to assemble bipartisan housing legislation of any real ambition, which makes the Senate’s recent passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act a remarkable feat.—
Brad Hargreaves,
Washington Post,
7 Apr. 2026
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As The Athletic’s Ian O’Connor wrote, Mullins’ 35-foot dagger was a singular feat of March Madness.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Athena frames the crossover appeal as something rooted in performance rather than calculation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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The new calculation, made at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, could help solve a niggling mystery about this particle’s mass.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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Players must log at least 20 minutes for the game to count for awards criteria.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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For the first time, WNBA teams can sign developmental players who don’t count against the salary cap, opening more space for rookies.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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In February, the City of San Diego had the most new monthly job postings, 1,836, of any city in California, said state data that aggregates job postings during the month.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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On the website, an anonymous support team doles out round-ups and aggregates interview highlights, to fill out the content garden.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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