- plural of dozen.
dozens
Britishplural noun
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I stand in the grocery store with my 5-year-old son, dreading the request I’ve heard dozens of times before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
In the provincial capital Karak, dozens of people visited Prince Ali Military Hospital, where most of the wounded were taken, to donate blood or express solidarity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
To investigate these evolutionary changes, the researchers examined hundreds of fossil and modern specimens housed at the Yale Peabody Museum and dozens of other institutions worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
She's previously released dozens of singles, building up a monthly listenership over 10 million strong, but Peace and Patience is her first full-length work.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But he had no way of knowing that Soviet commanders in Cuba also had dozens of short-range nuclear weapons—tactical weapons, designed to devastate enemies on the battlefield.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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