as many

1. The same number of. For example, He changed jobs four times in as many years means he changed jobs four times in four years. [c. 1400]

2. as many as . A phrase used to qualify the meaning of many as a very large number, depending on what follows it. For example, You can take as many pens as you need . [Late 1300s] Also see as ... as ; as much as .

Example Sentences

Amazon.com hasn’t received the same level of artificial-intelligence hype as many of its other “Magnificent Seven” tech peers this year, with investors questioning whether its cloud-computing business can gain market share.

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At the start of the first round they are all sent an excel file at the same time and have a 30-minute window to answer as many questions in that file as they can.

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Under a 25-year proposal Sudan’s military government presented to Russian officials in October, Moscow would have the right to station up to 300 troops and dock as many as four warships—including nuclear-powered ones—at Port Sudan or another, yet-to-be-named Red Sea facility, the officials said.

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Your father may not have as many social outlets as he used to have.

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Aid workers have been trying to reach people on foot and by motorcycle, as many roads are impassable to larger vehicles.

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