a number of

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: more than two but fewer than many : several
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This assertion kicked off more than 20 minutes of contentious back-and-forth, in which Kennedy made a number of false and misleading statements about a range of topics including measles, autism and Lyme disease. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 Through the mid-1980s, Wolfram continued this work, discovering a number of fundamental connections between computation and nature, and inventing such concepts as computational irreducibility. — Big Think, 4 Aug. 2026 Brighton’s president of development, Jon Wardle, told the Idaho Statesman that developers are working on a number of improvements to Meridian Road that are expected to wrap up by early October and support the coming Costco. — Rose Evans august 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Aug. 2026 This public-private model is precisely what is required and has been deployed by the current administration in a number of other key projects. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for a number of

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“A number of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20number%20of. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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