as in ton
a considerable amount
dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
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Recent Examples of dozen
The process began earlier this year with dozens of information-gathering sessions with stakeholders and will culminate with board of education approval in June and implementation starting in July.
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Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Soliman, 46, pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing 82-year-old Karen Diamond in the attack and injuring dozens of others.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
Each of the dozen artists selected this year will receive an unrestricted grant of $4,545.
—News Desk, Artforum, 7 May 2026
According to the more than a dozen preliminary tornado reports to the weather service on May 6, tornadoes were spotted in Adams, Franklin, Lamar, Lincoln and Lawrence counties.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 7 May 2026
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Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Soliman, 46, pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing 82-year-old Karen Diamond in the attack and injuring dozens of others.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
Each of the dozen artists selected this year will receive an unrestricted grant of $4,545.
—News Desk, Artforum, 7 May 2026
According to the more than a dozen preliminary tornado reports to the weather service on May 6, tornadoes were spotted in Adams, Franklin, Lamar, Lincoln and Lawrence counties.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dozen
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From 2002 to 2020, roughly 164 billion tons of Antarctic ice melted per year, according to NASA.—
Sam McNeil,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Wu Tsai helped catalyze this tipping point, personally investing tons of money into a team whose toniest perk used to be an MTA pass for free subway rides.—
Yohana Desta,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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Since 2023, McLane routes using this technology logged 280,000 autonomous miles in Texas, covering 1,400 loads delivered to restaurants.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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Between 2018 and early 2025, radiology case loads skyrocketed 25%, according to the Journal of the American College of Radiology.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
4 May 2026
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The tech giant announced a slew of health updates on Thursday that put its AI coach front and center, part of a broader strategy to compete with OpenAI, Microsoft and a wave of other tech companies racing to dominate how people learn about their health.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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As Vietnamese refugees arrived in large numbers in the United States, publishers rushed to release a slew of books to help children understand and accept their new neighbors.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
7 May 2026
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The Green Party has now gotten into trouble because a bunch of their candidates have posted antisemitic things online.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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For producers, prices were high enough to turn a profit but not high enough to justify sending a bunch of drilling rigs out to boost production.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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The low-cost carrier, which has struggled to remain profitable since the emergence of COVID-19, once operated hundreds of flights a day and employed some 17,000 people.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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What was supposed to be a last-resort safety net is now covering hundreds of thousands of households.—
Steve Hilton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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And then a new day, with an entirely different set of images to remind us why so many people care about him and, in lots of cases, lap up the stories about him going on one of his blowouts.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Innovatively engineered to maximize the smallest amounts of square footage, these micro lodges are packed with lots of inspiring design moments, from a mountain-view wonder in the south of France to a stylish pad in Atlanta.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
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Bad Wolf was commissioned by the BBC and Disney+, along with BBC Studios, to be the producer for hire that made 26 episodes in this big BBC and Disney+ deal… There was never any talk of more than that.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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Oil prices sank Wednesday, and stock markets rallied worldwide with hopes that the United States and Iran are nearing a deal to allow ships to deliver crude from the Persian Gulf once again to their customers.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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This dynamic creates a survival-of-the-fittest scenario where smaller companies — who can’t afford to sit on piles of unsold metals — might be forced into the arms of larger competitors.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
4 May 2026
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Venice is a city built on timber piles driven into mud more than a thousand years ago, its infrastructure both stubborn and fragile.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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“Dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dozen. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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