variants
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as in hundreds
a considerable amount
dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
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Recent Examples of dozens
Chicago O’Hare, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, Denver International and Dallas-Fort Worth also experienced dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays, FlightAware data shows.
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Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
The original location closed more than a dozen years ago.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The update fixes dozens of vulnerabilities that impact Safari, Photos and Apple Account settings.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Afterward, an ambulance carrying Jaramillo’s body in a motorcade left the hospital as dozens of police officers saluted.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Luckily for me, Amazon is brimming with dozens of petite holiday dresses just in time for Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Jones, who was a regular on the NBC sketch series from 2014 to 2019, was one of the dozens of former cast members who descended on Studio 8H for the epic evening.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
The compact, historic waterfront district is the walkable hub, with art galleries, shops and about a dozen restaurants and open-air, waterfront bars where local characters mix with visitors.
—Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Sacramento County health inspectors closed a local diner, a Vietnamese restaurant and a boba tea shop after discovering over dozens of German cockroaches and other food safety violations.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
The original location closed more than a dozen years ago.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The update fixes dozens of vulnerabilities that impact Safari, Photos and Apple Account settings.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Afterward, an ambulance carrying Jaramillo’s body in a motorcade left the hospital as dozens of police officers saluted.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Luckily for me, Amazon is brimming with dozens of petite holiday dresses just in time for Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Jones, who was a regular on the NBC sketch series from 2014 to 2019, was one of the dozens of former cast members who descended on Studio 8H for the epic evening.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
The compact, historic waterfront district is the walkable hub, with art galleries, shops and about a dozen restaurants and open-air, waterfront bars where local characters mix with visitors.
—Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Sacramento County health inspectors closed a local diner, a Vietnamese restaurant and a boba tea shop after discovering over dozens of German cockroaches and other food safety violations.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dozens
Noun
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In a bid to deliver a quick turnaround, the new top executive initiated a plan to close hundreds of stores, or about 1% of its locations, in the United States and Canada.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The shutdown has resulted in the interruption of SNAP benefits for millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Qatar aims to have 11 million tons per year of CCS capacity in place by 2035.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Grating sections are approximately 5½ feet wide by 38 feet and about 5 inches deep, with each piece weighing about 2 tons.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Such is the scale of the violence that blood and piles of bodies are visible from space, according to experts at the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.—
Guy Davies,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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And that mountain looms far larger than the piles of cash that CoreWeave has brought in the door so far.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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What appear to be intercontinental ballistic missile parts can be seen parked on the tarmac as sections of old rockets sit in lots surrounded by weeds.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Five separate lots are up for auction, with current bids starting at $1,525 or more.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The neck of his daughter's guitar pokes out above chunks of concrete.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Those two buyers went on to sell chunks of their stakes to Libero Football Finance, a German company, and NIPA Capital, based in the Netherlands.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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To offer more deals, and earlier in the season.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Credit-rating agencies saw richer locales as very likely to repay their debts and gave them sweet deals on interest rates, which meant that these towns owed less to those who’d bought their bonds.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Build a live, searchable directory of Lagos fashion capacity—minimum order quantities, lead times, specializations—and connect it to wholesale marketplaces and diaspora retail partners.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Nov. 2025
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This tea contains caffeine, and drinking large quantities of it may cause side effects.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Dozens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dozens. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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