as in dozen
a considerable amount
it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times
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or hundred
as in dozens
a considerable amount
it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times
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Kenedee Fowler, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Even the country’s name was a contrivance, borrowed from an empire that had flourished a thousand years earlier and hundreds of miles away, in what is now Mauritania and Mali.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
What began as a hiking trip with friends on the breathtaking slopes of on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest turned into a frightening ordeal for 30-year-old Feng Holiday, after a rare October blizzard left her and hundreds of hikers stranded in treacherous conditions.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Sweaters Under $40 Sweater weather is in full swing, and Amazon has hundreds of comfy and cute sweaters for under $40.
—Kenedee Fowler, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Even the country’s name was a contrivance, borrowed from an empire that had flourished a thousand years earlier and hundreds of miles away, in what is now Mauritania and Mali.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was a leader of the Janjaweed militia, which killed hundreds of thousands of members of Darfur’s non-Arab population in the early 2000s, sparking one of the world’s gravest and most enduring humanitarian crises.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
What began as a hiking trip with friends on the breathtaking slopes of on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest turned into a frightening ordeal for 30-year-old Feng Holiday, after a rare October blizzard left her and hundreds of hikers stranded in treacherous conditions.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hundred. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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