great/good many

idiom

: very many
A great/good many people did not survive.

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Promoted by influencers including Bella Hadid and Hailey Baldwin, the event saw a great many problems involving accommodation, security and medical services, as well as food, as evidenced by a famous cheese sandwich. Peter White, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025 But for a great many others, these medical and clinical interventions are just new forms of the same psychedelic rituals, in which LSD has always served as a sacrament. John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025 What hasn’t changed is that a great many Americans still are looking for straightforward, fair-minded analysis but too often find partisanship masquerading as punditry. The Hill, 27 Jan. 2025 Meanwhile, a great many people—it’s been estimated at more than two thousand—had died prematurely as result of the disruptions caused by the evacuations. Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for great/good many

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“Great/good many.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%2Fgood%20many. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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