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Brutal cold on tap for millions of Americans At least 100 million Americans are on alert for dangerous cold weather in the coming days across the East as brutal, eye-watering cold winds -- the coldest of the season for some -- are expected across the Northeast this weekend.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
Hockey players, however, are team sport Winter Olympians who play professionally in leagues looking to capitalize on the millions of global viewers that might stumble onto the sport over the next two weeks.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2026
If completed, the deal would add millions of policyholders to AIG’s customer base of more than 88 million.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, The New York Times reported that tens of millions of people are confessing secrets to AI chatbots trained on religious texts, with apps like Bible Chat reaching over 30 million downloads and Catholic app Hallow briefly topping Netflix, Instagram, and TikTok in Apple's App Store.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
Hockey players, however, are team sport Winter Olympians who play professionally in leagues looking to capitalize on the millions of global viewers that might stumble onto the sport over the next two weeks.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2026
If completed, the deal would add millions of policyholders to AIG’s customer base of more than 88 million.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, The New York Times reported that tens of millions of people are confessing secrets to AI chatbots trained on religious texts, with apps like Bible Chat reaching over 30 million downloads and Catholic app Hallow briefly topping Netflix, Instagram, and TikTok in Apple's App Store.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for million
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Our grandmothers were queens of the freezer, along with a zillion other ways to avoid food waste.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Eilish is a big Grammy favorite, with a zillion trophies already on her shelf, but — come on — enough is enough.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Africa’s population is young and increasingly urban, with a consumer market projected in the trillions and business demand expected to exceed $4 trillion by 2030, according to research from the Brookings Institution.—
Maurizio Caio,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Even so, many investors remain skeptical that the trillions of dollars invested to develop AI will be justified in the long term.—
Staff,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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The internet has enabled social media, e-commerce, streaming services, and online education – transforming human lives and creating a gazillion means of livelihood for human beings.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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James Cameron is one of those gazillion viewers of KPop Demon Hunters.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Nets will have full Bird rights on him in addition to their jillions in cap space.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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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
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“Million.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/million. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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