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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And none of it is like what’s seen the long string of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies, including one released this past weekend, that focus on reviving dinosaurs, giant reptiles, that have been extinct for tens of millions of years, instead of a few hundreds or thousands.
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David Bloom, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Still, all three—and thousands more under TikTok’s #fashionispolitical page—continue to show up.
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Another cocktail with island connections is the rum swizzle, invented in the venerable Swizzle Inn, where the ceiling is hung with thousands of business cards and dollar bills left by departing patrons.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
But some reviewed by Ars got tens of thousands of views, as screenshots bled over to other social media platforms.
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David Bloom, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Still, all three—and thousands more under TikTok’s #fashionispolitical page—continue to show up.
—Daisy Maldonado, Vogue, 8 July 2025
Another cocktail with island connections is the rum swizzle, invented in the venerable Swizzle Inn, where the ceiling is hung with thousands of business cards and dollar bills left by departing patrons.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
But some reviewed by Ars got tens of thousands of views, as screenshots bled over to other social media platforms.
—ArsTechnica, 8 July 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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