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dozens

noun

variants or dozen
plural of dozen
as in hundreds
a considerable amount dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected

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Recent Examples of dozens The issue of whether or not Kalshi and Polymarket’s sports offerings are legal is being hotly litigated in dozens of states and, so far, courts are for the most part ruling against the company. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026 Several of his dozens of accusers were in court on Wednesday. — Michael R. Sisak, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026 In the sweeping farmlands near the Central Coast, a seed supplier that cultivates peppers, vegetables and fruit was hit with more than two dozen pesticide safety violations, some of them serious offenses that caused health or environmental hazards. — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Those purchases followed sales of dozens of individual stocks, including shares of defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, each sold in February 2025 for between $1,001 and $15,000. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 Our coalition advocated for rapid rehousing for the few dozen living at Gompers. — Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 After more than a dozen offers, Paramount finally managed to unseat Netflix with a richer offer for all of WBD. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 Jayson Barker, of Jeffersonville, faces nearly a dozen counts of voyeurism after being discovered inside the ceiling of the women's locker room at Wilmington College, WLWT-TV reported. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The group met more than a dozen times before voting unanimously to approve final recommendations on Tuesday, according to the meeting minutes. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dozens
  1. hundreds
  2. loads
  3. tons
  4. piles
  5. lots
  6. chunks
  7. slews
  8. deals
Noun
  • The approach can potentially work with samples containing only tens or hundreds of atoms, dramatically reducing the amount of material required compared with conventional NMR.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Sports organizations invest hundreds of millions of dollars in recruiting children, Buckland says.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • If those loads would also have gone through a dryer, the savings grow even more.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
  • How to reduce water usage when doing laundry Only run full loads.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • The country plans to expand LNG capacity from 77 million tons per year to 142 million by 2030, and duplicating that infrastructure isn’t feasible.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Every year, more than 350 million tons of PET plastic waste are generated globally.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • But large companies with cash piles and longer-term debt can avoid experiencing some of that pain in the near term.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • At the pupae stage, they can be easily sorted into piles of males and females.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • The sale will include nearly 300 lots and will be handled by auctioneer Millon at the Hotel Drouot auction house on Monday.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Keeping the studio lots as is leaves a lot of flexibility on the rest of the portfolio.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of lots
Noun
  • The offense works best when running backs Kyren Williams and Blake Corum are gaining yardage in chunks, and McVay is calling plays that create space for receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams to make routine and sometimes spectacular catches.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick doubled down last night, posting security footage of the moment the chunks of ceiling suddenly fell to the floor.
    — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • Any niche status went out the window years ago, as slews of more casual runners opt into the marathon experience.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Hyperia then automatically slews to the target and performs an operation called astrometry – measuring the precise positions of stars to double-check its accuracy.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of slews
Noun
  • In cities like Atlanta, inking deals can rely on knowing the right people or on multigenerational relationships.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The $390 billion investment firm has 10 staff in its new ADGM office covering deals and investor relations, and is targeting education, healthcare, and infrastructure investments in the region.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of deals

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