thousand
noun
a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
thousands
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pluralof thousand.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But Claire has gone through what happened to her, Jack and Paul, thousands of times, in incredibly intricate detail, with hundreds of different journalists.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The government has mobilized thousands of police in a bid to counter the violence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
A bird that migrates thousands of miles has revealed a surprising secret about how wings work.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
It had been decades since sharks last patrolled the reef off the coast of Fiji's Naidiri Village, but they returned this year following a community-led effort to protect the fishery and plant thousands of corals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
He thought of the thousands and thousands of tree-souls thronging the darkness: waiting for him, and him alone, to deliver them from the bear.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
