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Numbers

American  
[nuhm-berz] / ˈnʌm bərz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. the fourth book of the Old Testament, containing the census of the Israelites after the Exodus from Egypt. Num.

Numbers 1 British  
/ ˈnʌmbəz /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the fourth book of the Old Testament, recording the numbers of the Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

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numbers 2 British  
/ ˈnʌmbəs /

plural noun

  1. informal financial statistics

    let's look at last year's numbers
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"Numbers have fallen as children have moved to different schools."

From BBC

She is the author of the book "Land of Big Numbers."

From The Wall Street Journal

Numbers of calls for recent weeks weren’t available Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Appeared in the January 27, 2026, print edition as 'Mass Deportation by the Numbers'.

From The Wall Street Journal

Numbers from the St. Louis Fed show that overall factory spending fell for the first eight months of 2025 from a peak in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal

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