dozen

noun

ˈdə-zᵊn How to pronounce dozen (audio)
Definition of dozennext
as in ton
a considerable amount dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected

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Recent Examples of dozen The Department of Justice has dozens of open investigations into jails and prisons across the country for constitutional violations. — Meg Anderson, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026 During a nine-hour-long public hearing on Thursday, dozens of people testified against construction of the arch. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Nov. 2026 Servers on Tuesday practiced recommending items on the menu, which holds a few dozen offerings. — Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026 Before the meeting, about four dozen people held a rally outside City Hall, calling on the council to postpone the vote and negotiate a deal requiring those items. — Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dozen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dozen
  1. ton
  2. loads
  3. slew
  4. bunch
  5. hundred
  6. lot
  7. deal
  8. pile
Noun
  • The machine uses a Volvo Penta electric driveline and is rated to lay up to 551 US tons (500 tonnes) of asphalt per hour without producing exhaust emissions at the work site.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • But SpaceX is phasing out the Falcon 9 — and its heavy-lift cousin, the Falcon Heavy — nonetheless, shifting all launch work over to its fully reusable Starship megarocket, which can haul more than 100 tons to LEO.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of ton
Noun
  • The elasticity of the cloud isn’t available in an air-gapped on-premise environment; hence, the size needs to account for the peak loads.
    — Karan Alang, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • PlusAI is a company working on autonomous trucking solutions with Nvidia, and the sand was in the trailers to simulate freight loads.
    — Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Smedley makes knitwear for a slew of luxury brands, and also collaborates closely with Grace Wales Bonner, Hermès’ new menswear designer.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • In 2025, amid a slew of efforts to monitor trains, educate teens, and go after social media posts showing off subway surfers, six people were injured and five died while riding on top of subway trains.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of slew
Noun
  • Alas, the Criterion Collection, at a glance, is a bunch of old movies on DVD, and yet, one that has grown to resemble a large, quite selective archive intended to withstand the ephemeral winds of Netflix, Peacock and Prime.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • After Halloween ends and the fall lingers on, some homeowners get stuck with a bunch of leftover pumpkins.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of bunch
Noun
  • The war has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties.
    — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The crash prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people from 77 mobile homes in the area, county officials said following the NTSB briefing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of hundred
Noun
  • An empty lot at Northeast 17th Court and Andrews Avenue is set to become the future home of a three-story, 76-unit affordable housing apartment building developed by Covenant House.
    — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Paramount has re-upped its production deal with one of the Melrose Avenue lot’s cornerstone producers, Temple Hill.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of lot
Noun
  • In a similar situation last year, the Dodgers brought him back on a one-year deal.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The Russian and Ukrainian governments remain far apart on key elements of any prospective deal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of deal
Noun
  • Kat Zilka sat on the floor of her living room, beside a glowing Christmas tree and a pile of essays, and felt like weeping.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Fears of overspending and soaring debt piles have led investors to pull out from tech stocks in recent weeks, with the Nasdaq index registering its biggest monthly loss in over a year in October.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of pile

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“Dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dozen. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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