as in dolls
a physically attractive person
promised me that she would fix me up with a ten
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Recent Examples of tens
There were tens of thousands of dollars sent to him, the complaint alleges, for things like dental work, a pickup truck, a motorcycle and to fund a legitimate social media career and future together.
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
Flush with $46 billion to finish the wall after an infusion by Congress for immigration enforcement, CBP is inking tens of billions of dollars in contracts to build the wall and push along the president’s signature project.
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Rebecca Santana,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
The circular logic of it would be darkly comic if tens of thousands of livelihoods weren't caught in the middle.
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Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Ireland has been reckoning with the legacy of mother-and-baby homes run by the Catholic Church, in which tens of thousands of women were housed in often degrading conditions.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Alongside its technology peers, Microsoft has sunk tens of billions of dollars into building data centers that run generative AI models.
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Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Later healthcare measures, including the Affordable Care Act, have focused on increasing the number of people who have health insurance and largely steered clear of efforts to reduce barriers for the tens of millions enrolled in these plans.
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Miranda Yaver,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
Photograph by Erika Goldring / Getty Few artists have been more of a load-bearer for a scene—in this case, the reggae revival of the twenty-tens—than Original Koffee, previously just Koffee.
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
But with the returns here worth thousands and, potentially, tens of thousands of dollars, the effort could be well worth it.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
Flush with $46 billion to finish the wall after an infusion by Congress for immigration enforcement, CBP is inking tens of billions of dollars in contracts to build the wall and push along the president’s signature project.
—
Rebecca Santana,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
The circular logic of it would be darkly comic if tens of thousands of livelihoods weren't caught in the middle.
—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Ireland has been reckoning with the legacy of mother-and-baby homes run by the Catholic Church, in which tens of thousands of women were housed in often degrading conditions.
—
ABC News,
2 July 2026
Alongside its technology peers, Microsoft has sunk tens of billions of dollars into building data centers that run generative AI models.
—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Later healthcare measures, including the Affordable Care Act, have focused on increasing the number of people who have health insurance and largely steered clear of efforts to reduce barriers for the tens of millions enrolled in these plans.
—
Miranda Yaver,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
Photograph by Erika Goldring / Getty Few artists have been more of a load-bearer for a scene—in this case, the reggae revival of the twenty-tens—than Original Koffee, previously just Koffee.
—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
But with the returns here worth thousands and, potentially, tens of thousands of dollars, the effort could be well worth it.
—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tens
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About 146 groups, made up of more than 1,400 participants, marched in the parade, with projects ranging from larger-than-life marionette dolls to squads of children in do-it-yourself costumes to mobile re-creations of LACMA’s most iconic art pieces.
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Bonnie herself has grown in subsequent sequels, and now Toy Story 5 finds her as a shy 8-year-old struggling to balance her affection for vintage dolls like Jessie with the shinier tech her peers prefer.
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Cotton Candy Grapes These high-sugar green beauties really do taste like cotton candy.
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The best office chairs on Amazon can fix that, ranging from our favorite overall, Herman Miller’s Aeron Office Chair, to ergonomic beauties from Branch, Flexispot, and Haworth that come cosigned by AD staffers.
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Below are nine recipes featured in the special, offering everything from classic barbecue favorites to regional dishes inspired by communities across the country.
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What began as a fun exercise in recreating outlandish dishes from film and television has since evolved into a multimedia empire with Andrew Rea at the helm.
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The analysis examined how many lookers pursued both living options across 50 large metropolitan areas, as well as a national benchmark.
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The more renowned the art, the greater the number of clueless lookers, joyless collectors, donors in search of tax breaks, and steroidal museums.
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The queen of the blonde beach babes!
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Most of these songs go out to the babes.
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Rabies is often found in bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes, but any mammal can be infected.
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There are numerous color choices, including toffee, fox, mood indigo, soft pink, blue pearl, lava rock, and toasted coconuts.
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