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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
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Ebisa’s job was to collect the WhatsApp numbers of rich, vulnerable men.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Brian Bell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The electric car brand Polestar’s days in the US are seriously numbered.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
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And immigrants with similar case numbers were often mixed up.
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Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Ebisa’s job was to collect the WhatsApp numbers of rich, vulnerable men.
—
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Verb
The days may be numbered for Winter Park’s Merrywood House.
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Brian Bell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The electric car brand Polestar’s days in the US are seriously numbered.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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Lymphatic drainage has gone from a niche clinical treatment to a category spanning $8 dry brushes and $300 vibration plates, with search interest climbing by triple digits since 2021.
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As extreme heat pushed heat index values into the triple digits on Tuesday, the Red Oaks Waterpark in Madison Heights, Michigan, closed its gates, with Oakland County officials citing safety concerns for both visitors and employees.
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Sportsbook odds can also reflect risk management and bettor demand, while prediction markets can be influenced by liquidity and trader composition.
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That’s not to mention an upcoming summer of local and national festivities that promises fireworks, parades, bands, speeches, prizes, and commemorative everything, from postage stamps and coins to musical compositions.
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At the time, the colonies were still under British rule, making the creation of a national flag a potentially dangerous act.
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The core party at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will feature performances by acts including the Smashing Pumpkins, Maren Morris and Anthony Ramos, according to the America 250 website.
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But in my view, our relationships to animals, whose lives are untouched by the existential woes and artifices of personhood, are the richest and most evident ciphers for our own often inscrutable psyches.
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Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.
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The 31-year-old is continuing to make his case as one of the best players in baseball history, achieving unprecedented feats as a rare two-way player who has been dominant both as a hitter and a pitcher.
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Then the cell performs an astounding, microscopic feat of strength.
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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For this calculation, the institutional research department compared UC graduates’ earnings to out-of-pocket costs for their degrees and the opportunity costs of forgone wages of high school graduates of the same age.
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The department’s definition laid out several criteria used to weigh if degrees count as professional programs.
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States can still count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a blow to Republicans who had pushed for stricter regulations.
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About 100 shots in the film were augmented with AI, Erwin said, using a combination of platforms that aggregate AI tools such as Luma, Amazon’s Project Nara and Magnific.
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That 22-1 blowout came one day after a 13-2 defeat to the Rays, and that aggregate 35-3 score looks bad, regardless of the sport.
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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