million

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Recent Examples of million Trade experts also note that to comply with the law, importers and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now face a new administrative challenge: the burden of inspecting millions of additional packages daily. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 May 2025 But for those Americans most in need, his administration's latest budget plan would dramatically shrink the federal rental aid that helps keep millions of people housed. Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 2 May 2025 So to what does Mahathir attribute the return of war in mainland Europe that has so far resulted in millions displaced, 172,000 killed, and 611,000 wounded and counting? Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 May 2025 The map is a fascinating representation of the protection geography and meteorology gives the millions of people who live in the mid-Atlantic region — especially in the Washington DC area. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for million
Recent Examples of Synonyms for million
Noun
  • And that means not just asking the right questions, but doing it differently from the others zillion candidates who read books on interviewing, memorize 50 questions, and regurgitate them robotically.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Even if this wasn’t executed perfectly, the season gets a zillion points just for trying.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the meantime, expect more one-day drops that could wipe out trillions of dollars from the stock market.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The exception: 2021, when the government was spending trillions to fight the coronavirus pandemic and prevent an economic disaster.
    John Kelly, Nancy Cordes, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The gazillion dollar question is what the administration intends to do with it.
    Kelly Evans, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Instead, Barkley again ran roughshod over the porous Rams defense for another gazillion.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But my mom loved these showy trees with the colorful crepe-papery flowers, as did my grandmother, and about a billion-jillion other SoCal residents who have planted them in yards, around businesses and along many city streets.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But America, with its jillion colleges and universities, dotting the land?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 July 2023
Noun
  • He’s made a kazillion dollars since then.
    James Hibberd, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • After what felt like a million kazillion years of waiting, the live-action leads of Aladdin were finally announced last weekend.
    Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 17 July 2017

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