great many
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“At least 140 members of the El Sistema staff and educators were killed or are unaccounted for,” Dudamel said, and that’s not counting what may have happened to a great many children and their families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"In the context of preparations for this summit we heard a great many statements concerning our country," Peskov told reporters.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
In a great many human societies, this circulation passes first through women, who leave their group of origin more often than men do.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
An employee who asked to remain anonymous said that the institution has received "a great many" bodies since the day of the two earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, and is overwhelmed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
She watched him put on his socks, with a mixed expression of injury and the ungovernable interest of someone who has been examining laundered socks for holes for a great many years.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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