DOZENS Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

dozens

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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 Miami officials have agreed to spend up to $150 million to lease dozens of new city vehicles — from street sweepers to motorcycles and ambulances — to address the city’s aging fleet. — Tess Riski july 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 While The Athletic spoke to a dozen sources around the league for this story, almost all refused to comment for publication, even anonymously. — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026 The company has a few dozen spots in Washington, California, Colorado, Texas and beyond, with several more on the way. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 To help, Amazon just added dozens of outdoor deals this week on a variety of seating styles. — Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026 Investigations from Bloomberg have uncovered more than a dozen deaths from crashes in which people became trapped inside a Tesla because the doors wouldn’t open. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 23 July 2026 Over two dozen plaintiffs argued the administration was holding disaster relief hostage to force through its agenda. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2026 The Jackson County sheriff’s department has interviewed dozens of witnesses and is working with the FBI to investigate the case, Mississippi’s Sun Herald reported. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 Starlink’s satellite internet has launched in around two dozen other African countries, but Musk has refused to follow South Africa’s affirmative action regulations. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 July 2026

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Noun

In addition to the startling experience of touching the remains of an animal that lived hundreds of millions of years ago, contact with the Mastodonsaurus offers an opportunity to reflect on the future, those involved in the project said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
As artificial intelligence expands across K-12 schools, Massachusetts announced a new $500,000 public-private investment in AI applied learning opportunities for hundreds of students, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced Tuesday.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of hundreds

Noun

Why the farmer’s walk works Walking with heavy loads recruits nearly every major muscle group, with particular activation in the core and lower body.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Flaxseeds From lowering cholesterol to lowering the risk of certain diseases, flaxseeds come with loads of health benefits.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 July 2026

Definition of loads

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Federal prosecutors accuse Maduro and Flores of conspiring with drug cartels to facilitate the flow of thousands of tons of cocaine into the United States.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Six Boeing 767 airlifts have carried 295 tons of relief supplies into the country.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of tons

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While baking soda is famously good at deodorizing smelly things, adding salt to compost piles can interrupt the composting process.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
Instead, there would be an uptick in compound disasters, as one extreme piles upon another.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of piles

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The licenses are split into 11 lots, valued at $230 million in total, with clauses to prevent a single company from owning all the spectrum bands.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
Carry more than one form of payment, since some concession stands and lots still take cash only or have card readers that fail at the worst possible moment.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

Definition of lots

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Other artists who’ve canceled either entire tours or significant chunks of their dates this year range from the Pussycat Dolls to Meghan Trainor to the only partially nixed Post Malone/Jelly Roll stadium tour.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2026
Bronin and Larson ignore Gilchrest, who on June 30 had a paltry $35,000 to spend in the final weeks of the campaign, and concentrate on tearing chunks out of each other.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

Definition of chunks

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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

The valid lens through which to compare these deals is whose new club needs them most.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith signed deals that topped their respective positions; Josh Simmons is a first-round pick; and Kingsley Suamataia is a second-rounder.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

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