The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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People queue at metal detectors and gaze up at the departures board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Carry-on luggage destined for the aircraft cabin is also X-rayed, and pilots pass through metal detectors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
"We would ask the government to help us with things like metal detectors, which could help us find out whether there are other minerals here, so that our community can develop," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Attendees were told to bring government-issued photo IDs and to expect metal detectors at the event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
We also have fingerprint, retinal, and DNA scans, and have to step through special metal detectors.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
