as in many
too many to be counted
I've told you countless times not to do that
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Recent Examples of countless
There were countless storylines entering the title bout between the South Shore League rivals.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
The move was something of a buy-low, with a modest mid-round pick upgrade and a middle-tier prospect heading to the Rangers for a player who elicited countless fan tributes online after his long and fruitful career in blue, red and white.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 12 June 2025
After countless delays and a lengthy legal battle, the House v. NCAA Settlement was finally approved June 6, marking a shift to a new era of college athletics.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2025
Since reaching the cosmos, Webb has not only facilitated countless scientific breakthroughs in astrophysics, but has produced plenty of gorgeous images of planets and other celestial objects like star-forming regions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 June 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
The move was something of a buy-low, with a modest mid-round pick upgrade and a middle-tier prospect heading to the Rangers for a player who elicited countless fan tributes online after his long and fruitful career in blue, red and white.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 12 June 2025
After countless delays and a lengthy legal battle, the House v. NCAA Settlement was finally approved June 6, marking a shift to a new era of college athletics.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2025
Since reaching the cosmos, Webb has not only facilitated countless scientific breakthroughs in astrophysics, but has produced plenty of gorgeous images of planets and other celestial objects like star-forming regions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countless
Adjective
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Like many other traditional media companies, NBCU is relying more heavily on programming that aims to gather large, live audiences.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
18 June 2025
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This country is not looking like there’s many good family contenders.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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The town hosts numerous festivals, including the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Telluride Jazz Festival and Telluride Film Festival, adding to its cultural appeal.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The violence included rioters hurling projectiles at law enforcement officers and lighting numerous self-driving electric vehicles on fire.—
Julia Bonavita , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Brendan Yates says he’s learned innumerable things fronting his band Turnstile over the last decade and a half, not the least of which is that an ambitious musician needn’t move to Los Angeles or New York to make it.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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When The Sopranos debuted in 1999, the series moved the cultural needle in innumerable ways — not least with its depiction of a hypermasculine man in a therapist’s office.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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This culminated in the 1956 inception of the notorious COINTELPRO and its numberless black-bag operations.—
Katherine A. Powers,
Washington Post,
28 Dec. 2022
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There are also numberless earths circling around their suns, no worse and no less than this globe of ours.—
Charles Cockell,
WSJ,
1 Sep. 2022
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“Countless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countless. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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