hundred
noun
a cardinal number, ten times ten.
hundreds
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pluralof hundred.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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United Parcel Service earlier this month said it aims to hire 100,000 seasonal employees in hundreds of locations around the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
But it was the actions of hundreds of masked youths on the margins of the demonstration that quickly dominated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
So you can still enjoy live music, and maybe discover your new favorite artist or the next breakout star, without ending up hundreds of dollars in the hole.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
In an unstable or 'noisy' environment, disturbances can cause coherence to disappear hundreds or even thousands of times faster than this theoretical limit allows.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
“If we’ve managed to continue speaking our Spanish for hundreds of years, without ever returning to Spain, then we will go on speaking it forever.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
