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Recent Examples of hundreds
Associated PressThe folders included hundreds of images of court documents dating back years, along with video clips that appeared to show police body camera footage from searches and interviews conducted with victims.
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Still, what’s missing from the public discourse about violence in Chicago is the realization that suicide, and not homicide alone, is silently taking the lives of hundreds of Black residents across the city.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, clouding skies and choking air quality in distant cities.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Nesting pairs have recently been reported in the hundreds, up from zero in 1988.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Tate has amassed more than 10 million followers on X and hundreds of thousands more on other platforms like Telegram and Truth Social.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
His collection spans hundreds of rare varieties gathered from Appalachian and Cherokee seed keepers, the product of four decades spent working with mountain communities and recording the oral histories tied to seeds.
—Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Collins pointed out that the foundation must raise nearly $5 million each year to appropriately compensate the hundreds of artists and stagecraft technicians, as well as support numerous year-round youth programs and maintain excellence in sound, staging and security.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This included removing him and hundreds of other migrants accused of gang ties, with little or no evidence, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Still, what’s missing from the public discourse about violence in Chicago is the realization that suicide, and not homicide alone, is silently taking the lives of hundreds of Black residents across the city.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, clouding skies and choking air quality in distant cities.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Nesting pairs have recently been reported in the hundreds, up from zero in 1988.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Tate has amassed more than 10 million followers on X and hundreds of thousands more on other platforms like Telegram and Truth Social.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
His collection spans hundreds of rare varieties gathered from Appalachian and Cherokee seed keepers, the product of four decades spent working with mountain communities and recording the oral histories tied to seeds.
—Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Collins pointed out that the foundation must raise nearly $5 million each year to appropriately compensate the hundreds of artists and stagecraft technicians, as well as support numerous year-round youth programs and maintain excellence in sound, staging and security.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This included removing him and hundreds of other migrants accused of gang ties, with little or no evidence, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hundreds
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And just this past January, NPR also reported that nearly two dozen Colombian mercenaries died fighting in the Sudanese civil war.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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And even in the approximately two dozen states where names are disclosed, winners are advised to avoid public scrutiny.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Huffman, 61, has been an advocate of strong climate change and environmental protection policies since his state Assembly tenure from 2006 to 2012, and was a member of the Marin Municipal Water District for a dozen years before that.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The oldest neighborhood in Miami, Coconut Grove is a sedate enclave that hugs Biscayne Bay about a dozen miles from South Beach—but up to an hour by car during peak traffic—with the iconic Vizcaya Museum and Gardens as its cultural and architectural center.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Today, carbon capture is far from being deployed at scale, despite billions of dollars in investments around the world, and the amount of carbon currently captured is just a tiny fraction of the billions of tons of carbon dioxide emitted every year.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Currently, only 37% of the more than 5 million tons of trash generated in the county each year is recycled — and even that is hampered by a 40% contamination rate.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Federal agents stopped three boats that were en route to South Florida from the Bahamas and were smuggling large loads of cocaine and dozens of Chinese migrants last week, according to court documents.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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On top of that, the humanoid handled different types of dishwasher loads, from dishes to glasses, adapting itself to execute the task with perfection.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Hundreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hundreds. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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