as in ton
a considerable amount
dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
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Recent Examples of dozen
The county was the site of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, in which more than a dozen people were killed.
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The Eagles Join an Exclusive Club The Eagles compilation is one of only a few dozen projects to reach 500 weeks on the Billboard 200.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
More than 100 people attended Ada County’s first hearing on July 30, compared with about two dozen who came to hear the commission’s decision on Wednesday.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen foreign leaders at a military parade in Beijing.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The Eagles Join an Exclusive Club The Eagles compilation is one of only a few dozen projects to reach 500 weeks on the Billboard 200.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
More than 100 people attended Ada County’s first hearing on July 30, compared with about two dozen who came to hear the commission’s decision on Wednesday.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen foreign leaders at a military parade in Beijing.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dozen
Noun
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There’s been a ton of turnover on the pitching staffs of both teams, but the Dodgers brought in arms that were more toxic and less hittable.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the return of Manu Garcia and a slew of attack-minded substitutions couldn’t get Sporting an equalizer.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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And in 2015, Andy Samberg crooned to a slew of stars about the perils of #PeakTV.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
13 Sep. 2025
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The battery lasts almost two full days, even with a bunch of notifications coming in and a couple of outdoor walks tracked.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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What originally appeared to be attacks on more than 673 boats since 2020 now seem more likely to be a bunch of bored teenage orcas looking for something to do, cetacean expert Alexandre Zerbini said last year.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Her visit to Rogers comes 13 days after hundreds of Arkansas farmers met with staff members from the state's congressional delegation in Brookland in Craighead County to describe their economic status.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nor does the executive order bar any federal agency from continuing to offer its services, websites, and materials in Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, or hundreds of other languages spoken across the country.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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That includes a subdivision map dividing the property into six lots and a request to replace the current zoning with a custom zoning plan tailored to The Village.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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The shooting happened in the same lot where another shooting occurred on July 11.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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European firms still face challenges in securing access to crucial rare earths from China, a business lobby warned Wednesday, despite a July deal to speed up exports.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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While the event, which is being called the Prime Big Deal Days, doesn’t kick off until October 7th and 8th, the best early deals are already popping off.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
17 Sep. 2025
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Add a black cat silhouette next to a pile of pumpkins, bats around a seasonal wreath, or a Halloween sign above yellow mums by the front door.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Most wind up sitting in a car’s glovebox beneath piles of registration forms, repair receipts, and take-out ketchup packets.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dozen. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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