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Recent Examples of hundreds
At the same time, Stryker paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help develop its own devices.
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Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025
On Monday, he was posthumously named a national hero of Indonesia – prompting protests from human rights groups and victims who decried the award as whitewashing a repressive regime that left hundreds of thousands dead, according to historians.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
In response, some advocates have called for the government to support the industry — which accounted for around 1% of the US workforce in the latest census — with hundreds of thousands losing their jobs in recent years.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
The blast, which was heard miles away, came at a time when the area is typically crowded with hundreds of visitors attending court hearings.
—NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
His father lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in an elaborate scam.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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
Nevertheless, even though these devices can produce high voltages (often in the hundreds of volts), their designs are heavy, expensive, and limited by the use of solid construction materials.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025
On Monday, he was posthumously named a national hero of Indonesia – prompting protests from human rights groups and victims who decried the award as whitewashing a repressive regime that left hundreds of thousands dead, according to historians.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
In response, some advocates have called for the government to support the industry — which accounted for around 1% of the US workforce in the latest census — with hundreds of thousands losing their jobs in recent years.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
The blast, which was heard miles away, came at a time when the area is typically crowded with hundreds of visitors attending court hearings.
—NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
His father lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in an elaborate scam.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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
Nevertheless, even though these devices can produce high voltages (often in the hundreds of volts), their designs are heavy, expensive, and limited by the use of solid construction materials.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hundreds
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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.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The original location closed more than a dozen years ago.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
7 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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Of course, the most popular picks among winter sports enthusiasts take them to the nation’s mightiest mountain ranges, with technique-testing terrain, breathtaking views, and piles of powder.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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His investing strategy has turned on an incessant search for value, with Berkshire Hathaway often sitting on giant piles of cash until just the right deal comes through.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
10 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
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“Hundreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hundreds. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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