The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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At the bustling centre, sewing machines hummed as women stitched blankets, while others stacked thin mattresses ready to be handed out.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Those workers may use tools such as sewing machines but fully automating such labour is difficult.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Tracye Saar, who is her mother’s youngest daughter and also her studio manager, has memories of sitting under the long wooden tables at the ICCC, smelling the dust and oil from the sewing machines.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Now those plans are on hold as her budget is eaten up buying petrol to power up generators to run her sewing machines after fuel prices jumped about 20 percent in Africa's most populous country.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
He hired three more girls, and bought sewing machines for all of them.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
