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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
Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The Department of Transportation, under multiple administrations, has attempted to address the shortage but has struggled to attract sufficient numbers of recruits to the air traffic control organization.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Vancouver knew Hughes’ days with the club were likely numbered and that a rebuild was possibly on the horizon.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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The winning numbers were 16, 21, 23, 48 and 70 with a Mega Ball of 5, the lottery said.
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Five of them will be white balls numbered 1 to 69.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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Still, Beshear also acknowledged the nine-digit elephant in the room.—
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Edwards, who is 24 years and 156 days old, hit the five-digit mark with a 13-foot fadeaway jumper midway through the fourth quarter.—
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Yet under the hood of a relatively stable unemployment rate, the composition of the job growth remains starkly narrow.—
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Ghanem added that body composition analyzers, like DEXA scans, will likely be more widely used as awareness grows about the limitations of BMI and weight in assessing obesity.—
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The prosecutor's office said a 16-year-old boy from Sayreville was arrested and charged with acts of juvenile delinquency which if committed by an adult would constitute murder, weapons charges and armed riot.—
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And when unlawful acts are committed, hold individuals accountable.—
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The movie, which posits an impending nuclear strike on a major American city, is a flimsy yet high-minded piece of doomsday schlock, largely populated by ciphers in suits and drained of the pulp pleasures that schlock, at its best, can afford.—
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Such ciphers are easy to crack using techniques such as checking letter frequency and identifying common patterns.—
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But the feat came at a painful price, both physically and financially.—
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The feat was achieved by radiochemistry experts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently.—
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However, calculations on the fallout from atmospheric detonations forced scientists to rethink this.—
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The calculation for state coffers is 18% of the gross wagering revenue.—
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Barton will have to wait another month to receive his sentence for the six guilty counts the jury returned on charges of sending a grossly offensive electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety to football broadcasters Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, and TV and radio host Jeremy Vine.—
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That’s great news for collectors, many of whom count this Third Growth Margaux among their favorite bottles.—
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The post, which included a poll that users could vote in, was a huge hit for BuzzFeed, and for other websites that aggregated it.—
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Every time a comedian referenced their peers publicly, it got aggregated into viral social-media posts and Reddit threads.—
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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