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dozens

British  
/ ˈdʌzənz /

plural noun

  1. informal (usually foll by of) a lot

    I've got dozens of things to do

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some draw internet trolls but far more garner dozens of supportive replies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

She’s done dozens of interviews chronicling an industry that rose to prominence in the 1970s and grew on subsidies designed to promote it as renewable energy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

In fact, Musk said that SpaceX is “hounded relentlessly by every hyperscaler and by dozens of smaller companies to rent more of our compute.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

He kept careful tabs on the company’s progress using dozens of color-coded spreadsheets.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Great Britain’s desire to find what became known as the “Arctic Grail,” became so intense that between 1818 and 1850 dozens of Passage-seeking expeditions were sent into the frozen North.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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