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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as many

Those jobs indirectly support as many as 40 million people, roughly a quarter of the population, according to the International Labour Organization.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Authorities in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin reported as many as 18,000 protesters, roughly half of what the organisers had estimated on their website.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

With the stop-and-go drudgery of commuting traffic assigned to the electrics, the hybrid doesn’t need as many low gears, so it can use a six-speed transmission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

A recent Kiplinger-Morning Consult survey found nearly twice as many adult children preferred that their parents help them financially now rather than giving them a larger inheritance later.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

He grabbed as many bags of groceries as he could from the back of the truck and hurried inside.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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