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There are a great number of, as in Many is the time I've told her to be careful, or Many is the child who's been warned against strangers. This phrase, always used at the beginning of a sentence and with a singular noun, was first recorded in 1297. Also see many a.

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Many are called but few are chosen, man-year, manyfold, Many hands make light work, many happy returns, many is the, many-one, manyplies, many-sided, many-tailed bandage, many-valued

How to use many is the in a sentence

France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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Like many trans users, Transartist often gets used as a source of information more than anything else.
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But he, like many people using dating apps whatever their sexual identity, remains stoutly positive.
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Like many Americans—but few Republican presidential candidates—the former Florida governor has evolved on the issue.
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In an email exchange a friend said many had repeated this same succinct review but they could never elaborate.
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And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Only in the carnage of the head, the tilt of the chin, was the insolence expressed that had made her many enemies.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
As there are still many varieties of the plant grown in America, so there doubtless was when cultivated by the Indians.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
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