Numbers
noun
the fourth book of the Old Testament, containing the census of the Israelites after the Exodus from Egypt. Num.
Numbers
American
[nuhm-berz]
/ ˈnʌm bərz /
noun
(used with a singular verb)
Numbers
1
British
/ ˈnʌmbəz /
noun
numbers
2
British
/ ˈnʌmbəs /
plural noun
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Numbers rose in 2019 after the opening of a second Bauhaus museum in Dessau.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Numbers of the largest European wading birds have declined by about 50% since 1995, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, putting the curlew on the organisation's conservation concern red list.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Numbers like that are exactly why media companies are going all in on sports.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
"Numbers are the foundation of war. Everything starts there. Anyone who ignores this cannot play this game. They will be followers rather than leaders," Brovdi told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
There is much talk upon the Road of Boston & its Captivity, for Parliament’s Army hides within — silent — mum — & its Citizens trapped, while without, our Numbers grow.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
In 2024-25, Ipswich's respective numbers were 57 and 247.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Damaged cars seem to be on the decline, though no one has numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The numbers can be found in federal databases and are tracked, for example, by the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The AI strategy developed by the team could also be useful for other scientific problems involving enormous numbers of possible experiments, including drug discovery.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Four of the six reactors, numbers 1 through 4, fell within the town of Okuma to the south.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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