hundreds

noun

variants or hundred
plural of hundred
as in dozens
a considerable amount it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times

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Recent Examples of hundreds Amazon’s plan would expand its drone delivery operation more than sixfold nationwide into hundreds of new communities, including the Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland and Boise metro areas. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Facebook is now home to hundreds of groups specifically for parents of college students. — Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 The deportations have been occurring for months and have sent hundreds of Mexican citizens to Honduras and Guatemala, one of the DHS officials said. — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 True Fit also reports that its dataset spans hundreds of millions of shoppers and tens of millions of products, forming an extensive decision-grade intelligence graph for fit in the market. — Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026 Content creator online reviews of hotels, resorts, cruises, restaurants, and airline flights, often with impressive production values, can generate hundreds of thousands, and even millions, of views. — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Major cloud service providers like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon are engaged in a frenzied bid to keep up with the demand for AI services, and are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to compete. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 The Board of Tax Appeals, which was established in 1969, hears hundreds of appeals each year. — Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026 The program could save a year's worth of water from hundreds of thousands of households, but many more cuts are necessary. — Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hundreds
  1. dozens
  2. loads
  3. tons
  4. piles
  5. lots
  6. chunks
Noun
  • The Inwood Fire Department said dozens of cabanas were damaged or destroyed at the Sun and Surf Beach Club in Atlantic Beach.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In early August, dozens of vessels were waiting for their turn in the Panama Canal.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of dozens
Noun
  • The finding challenges earlier computer models that predict how nuclear fusion reactor materials handle extreme thermal loads.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • For everyday loads of shirts, pants and towels, that’s more than enough.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • So far this year, only 256 tons have been exported, at a value of $100,000.
    — ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs.
    — Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • The Town of Munster has enlisted help in getting residents dug out of the seemingly endless piles of debris from the August 11 derecho.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But her frustration piles up as her efforts to track the package down repeatedly fail.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • In the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood, this 1892 Free Classic Queen Anne mansion spans three lots.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Parking rates are also falling, with parking in the official State Fair lots dropping from $25 to $20.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of lots
Noun
  • The Steelers outgained Green Bay 385-160 and collected yardage in huge chunks at times on plays that had receivers running wide open against a vanilla defense more focused on fundamentals than elaborate schemes for a game that didn't count.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This blend goes the extra mile with chunks of coconut cream and a mango-passionfruit purée.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of chunks

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