trillion
noun
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
trillions
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pluralof trillion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Buoyed by a stock-market boom that has added trillions of dollars to their net worth, the extremely rich are even pulling away from other rich Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"This work opens a new direction to explore further the intricacies of the connection between the supermassive black holes trillions of miles from where we are to how we came to be here."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The rate on the 10-year Treasury is closely watched, as it influences the cost of trillions of dollars in borrowing for consumers, companies and the U.S. government.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
“There are trillions and trillions of new images being generated now by AI,” Ingold said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
To begin with, for you to be here now trillions of drifting atoms had somehow to assemble in an intricate and intriguingly obliging manner to create you.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
