number
noun
a numeral or group of numerals.
Example Sentences
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Then—and I’m telling you this in strictest confidence—Wiatt’s days are numbered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
There he became involved with the Footlights Club, which numbered Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor among its members.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The details of the bodies are documented and the graves numbered so that family members can return and reclaim them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even though officials had emptied and closed a site in Durban which had at one stage held roughly 10,000 people, foreign nationals continued to arrive and numbered around 1,000 on Friday, an AFP journalist said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being numbered.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
