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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 were once even greater - after a devastating famine in the mid-1990s triggered what rights groups described as a silent exodus over a more porous border with China.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Numbers Game: A novel fundraising method for startups is raising questions about how much AI companies are really worth in a frenzied investment atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Numbers don’t lie, and U.S. companies are still throwing up good ones.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

At Strength in Numbers, data journalist G. Elliott Morris explained that “they were unhappy with Biden, unhappy with prices, and voted accordingly.”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

They started with Genesis and kept going straight through Numbers and Deuteronomy.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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