plural hundreds or hundred
1
: a number equal to 10 times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
hundreds plural
a
: the numbers 100 to 999
b
: a great number
hundreds of times
3
: a 100-dollar bill
4
: a subdivision of some English and American counties
hundred
adjective
Examples of hundred in a Sentence
it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times
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Congressman Tim Moore actively traded around Liberation Day Moore, a Republican, then failed to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in purchases and sales as markets dropped and then popped following the president’s April 2 tariff announcement.
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 June 2025
Hopes for a new $600-per-child state income tax credit aimed at hundreds of thousands of households eventually became a flat $250 payment — and only to families making about $67,000 per year or less.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
The hospital was already past capacity, with hundreds of patients being treated inside and around 50 people, including children, in its intensive care unit from other incidents of troops firing onto crowds of people trying to reach food aid in recent days and weeks.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 17 June 2025
SpaceX dumps hundreds of thousands of gallons of water used in launches into the neighboring south bay, and has destroyed nests of vulnerable shorebirds.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 June 2025
Hopes for a new $600-per-child state income tax credit aimed at hundreds of thousands of households eventually became a flat $250 payment — and only to families making about $67,000 per year or less.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
The hospital was already past capacity, with hundreds of patients being treated inside and around 50 people, including children, in its intensive care unit from other incidents of troops firing onto crowds of people trying to reach food aid in recent days and weeks.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 17 June 2025
SpaceX dumps hundreds of thousands of gallons of water used in launches into the neighboring south bay, and has destroyed nests of vulnerable shorebirds.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hundred. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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