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Number Ten

British  

noun

  1. 10 Downing Street, the British prime minister's official London residence

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"The choreography is a strange dance, I suspect, between Number Ten and the Palace," says royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

Five years ago Gordon Brown was desperate to leave Number Ten to avoid accusations that he was clinging on to power.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2015

The recommendations reached desks in the White House and Number Ten in London, to no effect.

From Newsweek ● Sep. 25, 2012

What did Diego Maradona say about Fidel Castro after he had interviewed the Cuban President on his television chat show The Night of the Number Ten?

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2010

Less than three months later, on September 9, 1963, Governor Wallace signed Executive Order Number Ten of the Governor of Alabama.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

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