as in dozen
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The company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars over the past several years to increase safety, the spokesperson said.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Sep. 2024
By then, hundreds – maybe thousands – of others were streaming toward the campus, and Pam couldn’t quickly get close.
—Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
Its search business prints hundreds of billions of dollars in yearly revenue, and starting over two decades ago, Google began channeling some of that money toward AI research.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
Though Emily had already written Sue several letters—and would, over the decades to come, write her hundreds more—these particular envelopes would not carry her words.
—Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Sep. 2024
By then, hundreds – maybe thousands – of others were streaming toward the campus, and Pam couldn’t quickly get close.
—Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
Its search business prints hundreds of billions of dollars in yearly revenue, and starting over two decades ago, Google began channeling some of that money toward AI research.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
Though Emily had already written Sue several letters—and would, over the decades to come, write her hundreds more—these particular envelopes would not carry her words.
—Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hundred. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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