dozens
Britishplural noun
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At a makeshift morgue in the quake-hit Venezuelan port of La Guaira, forensic experts in blue gowns and caps picked their way through dozens of bodies laid out in bags under the sun.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
He also commanded an army of dozens of commission-hungry salespeople, including agents with little investing knowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Since then, Congress has created dozens of agencies whose leaders could not be terminated at the White House’s whim.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026
A high-energy laser that cannot precisely track a target moving at speed, or that cannot prioritize among dozens of incoming threats simultaneously, is just an extremely expensive light source.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
He looked around the market in wonder: there were dozens of fruit stalls, with barrows piled with giant plums the size of watermelons and tiny oranges the size of his thumbnail.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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