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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]
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.
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Words nearby as many
as long as, aslope, aslosh, as luck would have it, ASM, as many, Asmara, ASME, Asmodeus, as much, as much as
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