as in dozen
a considerable amount it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times

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Recent Examples of hundred Critics argue that policies like HR 1775 have the power to bury the truth about historical events like the Tulsa Race Massacre when white mobs murdered hundreds of Black residents and decimated the thriving African American commerce district known as Black Wall Street. Kristal Brent Zook, Essence, 16 June 2025 The bar association's lawsuit cites the deals struck by several law firms, which promised hundreds of millions of dollars in pro bono work to causes favored by the administration in order to avoid future targeting by the government. Joe Walsh june 16, CBS News, 16 June 2025 That’s a problem when leaders are tasked with navigating uncertainty, interpreting ambiguous data and making decisions that affect hundreds or thousands of lives. Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 Last year, the U.S. Justice Department indicted a North Carolina man named Michael Smith for using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs, then employing bots to stream the songs billions of times. Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hundred
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Noun
  • Trump has faced more than two dozen nationwide injunctions against executive actions on everything from ending birthright citizenship, to halting refugee resettlement and freezing federal funding.
    Tamara Keith, NPR, 28 June 2025
  • The river also serves Mexico and more than two dozen Native American tribes, produces hydropower, and supplies water to farms that grow most of the nation’s winter vegetables.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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  • Mullen is taking over a winning culture cultivated by former head coach Barry Odom, but the Rebels lost a ton of talent to graduation, especially on the defensive side of the ball.
    Jason Kirk, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • Outside of Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr, Xavier Worthy, and Ladd McConkey, there are not a ton of big names left.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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  • That Garcia has suffered a slew of setbacks only complicates the process.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • According to Burlington's website, the company is opening a slew of stores in 2025.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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  • Secure Folder has triggered a bunch of warnings given some issues in how it was deployed, those have been addressed.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The handful of Falcon 9s and Atlas Vs that Amazon has on contract are the only rockets in the bunch with a proven track record.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025

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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hundred. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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