hundreds

variants or hundred
plural of hundred
as in dozens
a considerable amount it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times

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Recent Examples of hundreds Black neighborhoods north and northwest of downtown Jacksonville endure poverty, pollution, and high incidences of lead poisoning, cancer, and other diseases — and hundreds of shootings involving children. — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 The company said Cheerios and Ziploc receive hundreds of thousands of requests, comments and reactions annually about cereal packaging. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Italy released hundreds of thousands of octopuses in its attempt to fight invasive blue crabs. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 At least four people were reported dead and two others missing in Haiti’s southwestern region, where flooding affected more than 3,200 families and destroyed hundreds of homes, according to the country’s Civil Protection Agency. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 On October 6 Sussman and Alpöge heard the rumors that OpenAI was about to release hundreds of major math results and thought Yang-Mills might be one of them. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026 In the Bucha district, one woman was killed and 21 people were wounded, eight of them children, while hundreds of buildings were damaged, according to police. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 Their contracts can run hundreds of pages, making harmful terms easy to bury. — Emma Witman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Advertisement At the beginning of May, separatists turned in a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures to push for a vote on leaving Canada, while opponents collected signatures in support of staying. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hundreds
Noun
  • One night before his 29th birthday, Thompson scored twice in 15 seconds in the second period, skating around the Ducks’ inert defense for a breakaway third goal that sent a dozen hats flying onto the Honda Center ice.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • With more than a dozen flights landing Salvadoran military personnel and equipment so far, the unusual deployment has thrust Bukele into a direct confrontation with Haiti’s powerful gangs.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Cranes lift 200-ton loads at mountain bridge site The R4300-200 has a maximum lifting capacity of 200 metric tons (220 US tons) and an 80-meter jib (262 feet).
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Its remaining civil rights workers have described untenable case loads and pressure to dismiss complaints.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Preliminary estimates place the new submarine’s submerged displacement at approximately 10,100 tons.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Amazon is selling the Escape Wood Boho tiny home on wheels that has tons of storage.
    — Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • When Anthropic goes public, the stock its seven cofounders hold stands to be worth up to $200 billion between them, carved up into seven nearly identical piles.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The birthday cakes appear pulled out of manila envelopes along with piles of pictures, as if being entered into evidence at a trial.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Conservation development is a method of constructing lots and homes closer together on smaller plots, the program states.
    — Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Two thousand acres, almost seven hundred lots, snug against the Northstar ski area, with views of the Martis Valley and the Sierra Crest.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Because the vulnerability affects almost 20 years of PHP, big chunks of internet history are in danger of being lost.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Pick from gummy bears, brownie chunks, M&M’s, marshmallows, and more.
    — Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Hundreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hundreds. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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