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 All that remains of roughly two dozen boys, who died many decades ago at a former youth correctional facility in central Missouri, are their graves and death certificates. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026 Wrangle into wetsuits and snorkel off the craggy coast of Sonoma and collect a dozen different seaweeds! — Rachel Levin, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 Lula, who turned 81 on Tuesday, spoke to dozens of supporters outside the presidential residence in Brasilia. — Daniel Kozin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Cities and communities across the country have already begun removing his name from the dozens of parks, schools, streets and events in his honor. — Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 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 audacity to try is a matter of courage—and Cohen, the primary vocalist, has a ton.
    — Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • To protect Mexico’s tourism-reliant economy, the Navy is fighting a massive sargassum bloom that dumps thousands of tons of seaweed onto Caribbean beaches daily.
    — David Shortell Cristopher Rogel Blanquet, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ton
Noun
  • Cranes lift 200-ton loads at mountain bridge site The R4300-200 has a maximum lifting capacity of 200 metric tons (220 US tons) and an 80-meter jib (262 feet).
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Its remaining civil rights workers have described untenable case loads and pressure to dismiss complaints.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • But the Lions lost a slew of experienced players from the team that went 11-2 and struggled in the early going this season.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Microsoft has been ramping up spending on data centers to accommodate high AI computing demand, supplying cloud services to Anthropic, OpenAI and a slew of other companies.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of slew
Noun
  • Oppenheim and Fielder will rake in box-office millions and collect a bunch of prestigious awards, including a possible Oscar.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But our hands are full right now with a whole bunch of different things.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of bunch
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence companies have been borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars, selling fresh stock, and cooking up novel and potentially risky methods of financing.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In the park opposite the National Assembly, hundreds of volunteers are cleaning up the mess left behind by a pro-government camp that had made the area a no-go zone for most citizens.
    — Guy De Launey, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of hundred
Noun
  • My brain is a rat’s nest of judicial decisions, fun facts about small mammals, and lots and lots of astronomy stuff.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Conservation development is a method of constructing lots and homes closer together on smaller plots, the program states.
    — Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of lot
Noun
  • Buying Riley out of his deal would mean forking over upwards of $70 million, plus more for his assistants.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The reason most never trigger the federal reporting requirement is because these acquisitions happen through a series of smaller, piecemeal deals rather than one large merger.
    — Yashaswini Singh, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of deal
Noun
  • France’s economy unexpectedly contracted in the third quarter, adding to a pile of worries over the European power’s fortunes in the run-up to divisive presidential elections.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Mayo Clinic Health System’s holiday wellness guidance recommends planning ahead and setting limits before the stress piles up.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of pile

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“Dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dozen. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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