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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
Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Moreover, there is no evidence supporting the narrative that there are non-citizens voting in large numbers in federal elections and interfering with results.
—Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
With a July national election fast approaching, Ishiba’s days seem decidedly numbered.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Millions of immigrants in the U.S. who don't have legal status or social security numbers use Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) to pay their taxes each year.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Moreover, there is no evidence supporting the narrative that there are non-citizens voting in large numbers in federal elections and interfering with results.
—Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
Cuban migrants numbered 110,900 and Nicaraguans more than 93,000 before the program was shut down.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
With a July national election fast approaching, Ishiba’s days seem decidedly numbered.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for number
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At the heart of the dispute are voters who did not supply a valid state ID or the last four digits of their Social Security number when registering to vote.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Moore equipped his pinball machine setup with the flexibility of a computer—one arrangement of bumpers might calculate the first thousand digits of pi, and another might compute the best next move in a game of chess.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Still another composition features a Google Translate interpretation of an essay Vara wrote in Spanish, which contains both mistranslations and stretches where the software turned flawed Spanish into grammatical English.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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The thickness and composition of the Martian atmosphere over time is also an open question.—
Jonathan O’Callaghan,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Apr. 2025
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By the 1870s, the filibuster had become both a fixture of the political process and a noun — though it was initially applied to the person who gave the speeches, rather than the act of speaking itself, Merriam-Webster says.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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Writing it, one senses, was a high-wire act over an abyss of pain, agitation, uncertainty, and the dread of being ignored or misunderstood.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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Lottie works best as an enigma, a cipher for the beliefs and the often capricious actions of the group.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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On the one hand, this is great, as any app can incorporate these ciphers and keep your data safe.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
28 Apr. 2024
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The most interesting thing about the Netflix series Adolescence isn’t the great acting, the technological feats of filming, or the surreal perfection of 15-year-old actor Owen Cooper.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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But the groundbreaking Sphere, with an exosphere broadcasting continuous imagery ranging from eyeballs to ugly Christmas sweaters to signature emoji mascot Orbi, is maximizing its technological abilities with not only live music, but filmed feats as well.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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White House officials said the calculations came from the Council of Economic Advisers.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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By the Budget Lab’s calculations, the top 1% of earners owe 28% of all unpaid taxes.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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We've been spoiled by laptop battery life over the last year or two; almost 14 hours now counts as merely average.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Four minutes later, Messi struck again, and this one counted.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Bob McKenzie’s final draft list does a great job aggregating scouts’ opinions and often tracks well with when players get chosen; McKenzie had Barlow 12th in his final 2023 rankings.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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This software provides valuation estimations through aggregating and analyzing current market trends.—
Chris Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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