thousand
noun
thou·sand
ˈthau̇-zᵊn(d) 
plural thousands or thousand
1
: a number equal to 10 times 100 see Table of Numbers
2
: a very large number
thousands of ants
thousand
adjective
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Despite his years on stage in front of thousands of people playing with The Beatles, Lennon was reportedly nervous to go it alone.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
On a broader avenue, people stood on the sidewalks, cheering and mourning and taking pictures with their smartphones—thousands of real-time, utterly personal interpretations of the Pope’s final symbolic journey.
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Instead, his body was level with the thousands who passed by it on foot to pay their respects.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Despite his years on stage in front of thousands of people playing with The Beatles, Lennon was reportedly nervous to go it alone.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
On a broader avenue, people stood on the sidewalks, cheering and mourning and taking pictures with their smartphones—thousands of real-time, utterly personal interpretations of the Pope’s final symbolic journey.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Instead, his body was level with the thousands who passed by it on foot to pay their respects.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Thousand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thousand. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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thousand
noun
thou·sand
ˈthau̇z-ᵊn(d)
plural thousands or thousand
1
: a number equal to 10 times 100 see number
2
: a very large number
thousands of ants
thousand
adjective
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