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as in composition
a literary, musical, or artistic production
a doomsday novel that turns out to be one of those it-was-all-a-dream numbers
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as in cipher
a person of no importance or influence
doesn't want to go to some mammoth state university where she would be just a number
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as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
a stunning gymnastics number that really impressed the judges
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as in calculation
numbers plural
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
if you believe the president's numbers, we can afford these new programs and still have tax cuts
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as in to aggregate
to have a total of
the full-time staff numbers 30 people
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as in to include
to have as part of a whole
is numbered among the great minds of our times
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
His father embarked on a number of business ventures, including working as a taxi driver, after the family settled in New York City.
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Kelsie Hoffman,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
But the player’s days with Nike could still nonetheless be numbered despite his fourth model having already been previewed.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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The number fell from 892,565 participants in July to 448,976 in February, according to the Agriculture Department.
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
His father embarked on a number of business ventures, including working as a taxi driver, after the family settled in New York City.
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Kelsie Hoffman,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Verb
Taittinger’s Brut Reserve FIFA 2026 bottle, Clase Azul’s Spirit of Champions Limited Edition $1,700 decanter and Leyenda’s numbered Summer of Champions Special Edition Añejo create historic artifacts traveling between restaurants, hotels and private homes.
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Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
But the player’s days with Nike could still nonetheless be numbered despite his fourth model having already been previewed.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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These vibrant cable locks loop into the zippers of your carry-on, checked suitcase, or duffel bag, and have a three-digit combination that can be safely bypassed by TSA for quick inspections, no bolt cutter needed.
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For Fresno and areas further south, temps in some spots will rise again into the triple digits.
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The session included newer compositions from Rollins, Davis, and Theolonious Monk alongside the theoretically hokey showtunes that Davis would help turn into standards.
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Throughout the trial, the scientists monitored a wide variety of physiological factors, including the animals' weight, glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, hormone levels, internal inflammation and the specific composition of their gut bacteria.
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For Executive Chef Gary Caldwell, crafting this menu is an act of preservation.
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But the Royals produced an avalanche of offense, with every starter getting into the act.
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Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.
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As zonky cross-generational ciphers go, the group’s debut, Strictly 4 the Scythe, is no Hypnotize Camp Posse, the amalgam of Three 6 Mafia and a grip of artists signed to their Hypnotize Minds label in the early 2000s.
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As a curvy girl, finding baggy jeans is no easy feat; most of the loose fits and boyfriend styles don’t even end up being baggy on me.
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Regardless of reviews, The Odyssey is a monumental cinematic feat that makes the case to be recognized for cinematic excellence by the Oscars.
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Since 2022, regulators have already substantially scaled back the original Basel Endgame capital proposals, revised stress-testing transparency rules, reduced Supplementary Leverage Ratio requirements, and proposed removing Treasuries from SLR calculations.
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Today, the calculation has changed.
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One group counts $25 million in support from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, alongside $100 million tied to one of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capital firms, which holds a large stake in OpenAI.
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Eternal Sunshine, Thank U, Next, My Everything and Positions are counted among her half-dozen rulers.
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The system aggregates sensor readings, analyzes trends, compares current measurements with historical baselines, and flags anomalies that may indicate emerging failures.
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The product allows studios to aggregate data from all of their productions digitally.
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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