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Idioms and Phrases

A collection of persons or things; several. For example, A number of tours are available , or We've visited a number of times . This idiom often is modified by an adjective giving some idea of quantity, as in Only a small number are going . [1300s] Also see any number of .
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The Turkish government didn't respond to the BBC's requests for interviews, but has maintained that its military bases are necessary to push back the PKK, which is designated a terrorist organisation by Ankara and a number of Western nations, including the UK.

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It added that "a number of casualties" had been documented as "civilian martyrs", meaning they have been unjustly killed and entitling them to compensation.

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For example, the Environmental Protection Agency will likely fulfill a number of the recommendations on internal office reorganization as part of a broader DOGE-led effort to gut agency capacity across the executive branch.

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Lili Taylor will be at a number of events for "Turning to Birds," which you can keep an eye on here.

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Brown told jurors he believed they "could provide a better service" than some of the well-known companies, leading to Oricom getting a number of big health board contracts.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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