The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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Depre raises around 17,500 free-range hens and 70,000 quails in sheds with outdoor runs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Here you can chase hummingbirds, roam through the never-crowded garden and “visit Stoneview’s resident quails, which have their own fenced-in compound called, ‘Quallywood,’” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
Many species showed a preference for burrows no matter how burned the area was; the bush rats, agile antechinuses and quails were most active around burrows in areas that had been burned heavily.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
The tinned dishes included typical Mediterranean ingredients, such as olives, tomatoes, quails and swordfish.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
This evening they had supped on oxtail soup, summer greens tossed with pecans, grapes, red fennel, and crumbled cheese, hot crab pie, spiced squash, and quails drowned in butter.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
