hundreds and thousands
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"Human activities are increasingly disrupting the natural equilibrium and we will live with these consequences for hundreds and thousands of years," she said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
“One building is usually tied into a portfolio of hundreds and thousands of buildings,” McLean said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
“If you and I were out there killing hundreds and thousands of endangered fish, we’d be in jail,” Rosenfield said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
"This involved modeling the atmosphere across various planet parameters such as water vapor quantity and cloud location, iterating through hundreds and thousands of simulations to find the best fit configuration," he said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2024
He could not imagine what hundreds and thousands of wagons looked like.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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