dozens

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 Meanwhile, bedside control panels—available in nearly a dozen languages—operate lighting, curtains, TVs, and room service orders. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026 The high court’s current term already features 33 cases, with the justices expected to take up roughly two to three dozen more cases for oral argument before the term concludes at the end of June. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026 Bomb threats targeted more than a dozen flights in Europe on Thursday, leading to a slew of emergency landings and military escorts in some cases, authorities said. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026 Interviews with the Democratic governor-elect and a half-dozen top advisers reveal how Bottoms overcame that enormous financial disadvantage to pull off a historic victory. — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026 Fans and critics alike had been waiting for what Minaj would say after Democrats resumed control of both the House and the Senate in a landslide victory Tuesday night, flipping dozens of congressional seats. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026 The lobbying continued after the law was enacted, prosecutors said, with the US sanctioning more than a dozen Hong Kong and Chinese officials after 2020. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026 One night before his 29th birthday, Thompson scored twice in 15 seconds in the second period, skating around the Ducks’ inert defense for a breakaway third goal that sent a dozen hats flying onto the Honda Center ice. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 With more than a dozen flights landing Salvadoran military personnel and equipment so far, the unusual deployment has thrust Bukele into a direct confrontation with Haiti’s powerful gangs. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dozens
Noun
  • The Illinois State Board of Elections removed both from the ballot, finding them hundreds of valid signatures short.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The takeover left millions of customers' savings and hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds in limbo.
    — EMILIO SANABRIA, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
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
Noun
  • The effect is something like an off-season approximation of a sidewalk, and, your winter climate permitting, sidewalk chalk (tons of it, for $18) is another good option.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The natural gas storage well failed and uncontrollably released nearly 100,000 tons of methane and other substances into the atmosphere for more than 100 days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • In Alexandra township, where the road to the River Park Library voting station is filled with potholes, leaking sewage and piles of uncollected waste on the sidewalks, many still came out to cast their ballot.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Tech stocks have sagged as investors grow concerned over their ballooning debt piles at a time of rising interest rates.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • There is lots to discover, from a 17th-century military fortress to the almost 100-year-old Magic Fountains.
    — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The proposal would speed up the sales of small, unused city lots by allowing community boards and borough presidents to review them at the same time without a final City Council vote.
    — Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Because the vulnerability affects almost 20 years of PHP, big chunks of internet history are in danger of being lost.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Pick from gummy bears, brownie chunks, M&M’s, marshmallows, and more.
    — Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
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
Noun
  • Below, a list of some of our favorite early Black Friday rug deals (and their makers).
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Several government agencies, ministries and policy banks have been mobilized to steer overseas mining deals.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

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