hundreds

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 Landslides and cresting rivers swept away homes, collapsed bridges and washed out hundreds of roads. Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024 During the Cold War, the United States had the capability to produce hundreds of pits per year. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024 Despite being downgraded to a tropical depression, hundreds were killed by the storm, millions are still without power, and the damage is estimated in the billions of dollars. Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024 The need for power and water grew more urgent Thursday for hundreds of thousands of residents across the Southeast a week after Helene began a deadly, devastating march as a historic Category 4 hurricane slamming onto Florida's Gulf Coast. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024 More than 4,000 cybersecurity tools flood the market—the typical large company uses hundreds of them, pumping out data to rows of dashboards flashing alerts. Saket Modi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Hundreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hundreds. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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