as many

Idioms  

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 .

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"The shared objective is to strengthen the competitiveness of the sports car manufacturer and secure as many jobs as possible in the long term," the company said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

“We have to keep them as compact as possible so that we can fit as many as people want on the back of a boat,” Foulkes said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“We’ve been actively managing costs for some time, working through scenarios to save as many jobs as possible,” BuzzFeed’s leadership team said in the memo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

The fledgling Burnham administration has been seeking to find its feet and make a decent first impression at the same time, as many try to do in the first days in a job.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

After we had finished carving out as many stakes as we could, Juanita placed the finished ones strategically along the walls so that everyone had access to them.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall