as in many
being of a large but indefinite number
received numerous complaints about that product
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By allowing people to connect with nature in ways that can foster a deep appreciation for protecting it, the experiences are numerous.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Recently, numerous economists have been forecasting a rebirth of inflation in the United States, depending upon the outcome of the election.
—Edwin T. Burton, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
That same year, Jones scored Sidney Lumet’s film The Pawnbroker, the first of numerous movie projects that included In the Heat of the Night, The Wiz and The Color Purple.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 4 Nov. 2024
Despite numerous legal run-ins in the years since, the musician has continued with a successful career.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Recently, numerous economists have been forecasting a rebirth of inflation in the United States, depending upon the outcome of the election.
—Edwin T. Burton, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
That same year, Jones scored Sidney Lumet’s film The Pawnbroker, the first of numerous movie projects that included In the Heat of the Night, The Wiz and The Color Purple.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 4 Nov. 2024
Despite numerous legal run-ins in the years since, the musician has continued with a successful career.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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First, the conviction among many liberals that things were pretty much fine, if not downright great, in Biden’s America — and that anyone who didn’t think that way was either a right-wing misinformer or a dupe.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Veterans Day: On Veterans Day, many restaurants will offer discounts or free food to those who actively served and retired from the military and first responders.Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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For tackling and punching the student multiple times, Morrow was suspended from the team for six months and served 46 days in a work-release program last summer after being convicted of misdemeanor assault.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Shenandoah Telecommunications Company operates broadband data, video, and voice services in multiple states and continues to expand its Glo Fiber network.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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The strike killed several other Hezbollah leaders, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general, and at least 33 civilians.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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For one, the boot’s stance angles have been refined over several years to hit that Goldilocks sweet spot: not too flexed, not too upright, and dead-flat edge-to-edge underfoot.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Batman’s comedic Technicolor stylings — and the utter sincerity with which stars Adam West and Burt Ward led viewers through them — have lived on through countless references and parodies in the ensuing decades, as well as a mercurial relationship with Batman fans.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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For McCaffrey’s sake and the 49ers’ (not to mention the countless, hapless fantasy football teams out there), the hope is that the Niners’ running back returns to his old form after a quarter of the year and half a season on the sideline.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Numerous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numerous. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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