as in ton
a considerable amount
dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
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Recent Examples of dozen
The original influencer of Little Saigon has been invited to another event — one of dozens each year — a commemoration of the Vietnamese immigration experience in America.
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Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Read books like Maybe Baby, an anthology of over two dozen writers on their parenting choices.
—Ruthie Ackerman, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Nationals Park is open a minimum of 81 times a year for regular-season games, with another dozen to two dozen concerts/events in the stadium when the baseball team isn’t playing.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Now a fresh batch of hardware that is making its way to orbit—a stack of two dozen satellites from delivery giant Amazon that are designed to send the Internet to Earth from space—highlights once again the challenges facing our civilization.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2025
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Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Read books like Maybe Baby, an anthology of over two dozen writers on their parenting choices.
—Ruthie Ackerman, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Nationals Park is open a minimum of 81 times a year for regular-season games, with another dozen to two dozen concerts/events in the stadium when the baseball team isn’t playing.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Now a fresh batch of hardware that is making its way to orbit—a stack of two dozen satellites from delivery giant Amazon that are designed to send the Internet to Earth from space—highlights once again the challenges facing our civilization.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dozen
Noun
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The tiny pup has been spotted meeting tons of celebs, including Demi Moore and her tiny dog, Pilaf, Powell's Twister costar Daisy Edgar-Jones and more.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Avocado makes a ton of great organic sleep products, particularly its Green Mattress and Eco Mattress Topper.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Tuohy was a generational talent from New York who won three national cross country championships and set a slew of national high school records over her time for North Rockland.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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But in recent years, Bahrain has quietly begun making its case: A slew of new developments, including the 2.2-mile Pearling Path UNESCO walking trail and the 35,000-square-foot Time Out Market food hub, are luring travelers beyond the famed Formula One racing circuit.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Brad Pitt is zooming around in a race car, a new karate kid makes his debut (with help from the old one), a bunch of rampaging dinosaurs return, and Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are acting freaky once more.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Williams, who owned a 2.12 ERA in four career starts against the Twins, struggled to throw strikes against a patient Twins bunch.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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That's the airborne commander directing helicopters into both the embassy and Tan Son Nhut Airport outside Saigon to pick up hundreds of Americans and thousands of Vietnamese.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2025
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The full tour was expected to gross perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Floor planning is financing dealers use to purchase cars and trucks for showroom floors and lots.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The property occupies a sizable 6,600-square-foot lot.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The downgrading of the talks comes at a critical time, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Washington could walk away if there was no progress on a deal soon.—
Elizabeth Piper,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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So far, Trump has not met with China's president Xi Jinping, the WSJ reported, which will be essential to inking a deal.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2025
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Learning that medical options for managing the condition are limited to hormonal drugs and surgery just piles onto the disappointment.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
25 Apr. 2025
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That didn’t bother Robinson, who is an hobbyist diver and had already done a dive visit to the site before acquiring the sunken pile of rusty iron.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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Mitchell spent a chunk of the game defending Hawks star guard Trae Young, limiting him to just two field-goal attempts while guarding him for six minutes of game clock, according to NBA tracking stats.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Horned Frogs had a multitude of players like Bud Clark, Avery Helm, Vernon Glover, Major Everhart and more than that missed significant chunks of time during the spring.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dozen. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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