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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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Recent Examples of number
Bradford Betz, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
But now that subscriber growth is set to slow after the benefits of reducing the number of users per subscription has run its course.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
The two of them and others, who would soon grow to number more than a dozen, began living in box trucks parked on the premises — a sort of landlocked version of the Rat Fleet.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Reports of the number of people injured varied, but South Korea’s Yonhap news agency put the number at 15, including civilians and soldiers.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
But now that subscriber growth is set to slow after the benefits of reducing the number of users per subscription has run its course.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
As of December 2023, when the MSNBC Union’s first contract was ratified, the bargaining unit numbered nearly 300 workers.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
The two of them and others, who would soon grow to number more than a dozen, began living in box trucks parked on the premises — a sort of landlocked version of the Rat Fleet.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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After registering, your BLINK Membership number (BB + 9 digits) will serve as your access code during the ticket sale on February 27.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
27 Feb. 2025
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The scoreboard that hangs from the rafters at center ice inside 3M Arena at Mariucci only has two digits that show up in the season record after the final horn blows.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2025
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These findings highlight an unexpected disconnection between diet and gut flora composition.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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In Nyoni’s terrific compositions, special mention must be made of David Gallego’s crisply evocative cinematography: interiors and exteriors of moonlit, shadowy depth that suggest an eternal night made palatable by pockets of haunting light.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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Best Music Film: A Competitive Race The Best Music Film category has honored a mix of living legends and modern acts in recent years.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The band then became the first act to debut at No. 1 with its first six chart entries in the nearly 69-year history of the chart.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2025
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Atom and Claudette with recognizable humanity, the film’s artistry turns them into ciphers and symbols of the numbing effects of ethnic conflict.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Lively’s Lily Bloom is a cipher for the millennial woman resisting the pull of becoming her boomer mother.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Milan High School won the title in 1954 in the Indiana-only state championship and had been the smallest school to achieve that feat.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Even with the benefits of modern science, maintaining such a physique into his 30s represents a feat, too.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The calculation of homeless mortality rates is inherently unstable.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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That calculation does not include what seems to be a possibly public hallway from which Hilaria routinely posts selfies — identifiable from a mirror that’s across from an elevator, in a hall with cold lighting, gray terrazzo, and what might be — allegedly — their neighbors’ doorways.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
6 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, this was the first game of the season in which the Avs were completely healthy, not counting captain Gabe Landeskog.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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That means no more designating a banker, counting bills, and arguing over whether you got paid your dues.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2025
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While connectivity between the car and the remote operator is essentially accomplished by aggregating multiple cellular networks, according to Mapless AI co-founder Jeffrey Johnson, an on-board computer is responsible for safety as a fail-safe against inevitable network outtages.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Franchise valuations are derived from metrics by which basketball-team transactions occur, including aggregating local and national revenues and factoring in a team-specific multiplier.—
Sportico.com,
Sportico.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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