thousand
noun
a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
thousands
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pluralof thousand.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It says tens of thousands of foreign nationals have been deported or repatriated since it launched a crackdown earlier this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Tens of thousands of students and parents completed a prequalification application this year, said Marc Schoonover, general manager at ELFI, a student-lending division of SouthEast Bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki in southwestern Finland, the geological repository will house spent nuclear fuel in holes drilled into the bedrock, where it will remain harmfully radioactive for thousands of years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Kobliner: Today you go on social media and there are hundreds of thousands of these financial influencers, and the vast majority of young people get their advice from these people.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
The shaking from the earthquakes and explosions had sloshed about 3 feet of water from each, but that still left hundreds of thousands of gallons in the pools.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
