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Recent Examples of million
Last July, power failures following Hurricane Beryl left millions of Houston residents without air conditioning — which led to surging indoor heat that killed 15 people.
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 14 May 2025
Rather than an enduring symbol of success, Seaborn’s experience illustrates why the program struggles to gain traction even as the state spends millions of dollars to burnish Pathways’ brand.
—Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 14 May 2025
The goofy novelty of AI making adequate songs out of taboo subjects will fade, but millions bending the knee to robotic mediocrity isn’t going away anytime soon.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 14 May 2025
But even within states like Washington, where natural wonders draw millions of tourists each year and more than 900 people are currently missing, requirements can vary.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 14 May 2025
Rather than an enduring symbol of success, Seaborn’s experience illustrates why the program struggles to gain traction even as the state spends millions of dollars to burnish Pathways’ brand.
—Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 14 May 2025
The goofy novelty of AI making adequate songs out of taboo subjects will fade, but millions bending the knee to robotic mediocrity isn’t going away anytime soon.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 14 May 2025
But even within states like Washington, where natural wonders draw millions of tourists each year and more than 900 people are currently missing, requirements can vary.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for million
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To him, a chatbot that has analyzed zillions of SAT-style questions, legal briefs, and lines of code is not smart so much as well prepared—for the SAT, a law-school exam, advanced coding problems, whatever.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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And that means not just asking the right questions, but doing it differently from the others zillion candidates who read books on interviewing, memorize 50 questions, and regurgitate them robotically.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There are trillions upon trillions of numbers in the world.—
Eric Morgan,
Wired News,
10 May 2025
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Very generally speaking, galaxies are tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of light-years across and have millions to several trillions of stars.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
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What faster way to rope in a gazillion followers than to sneak into your home studio, turn on the cameras and leak the sure cure for male baldness?—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
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The gazillion dollar question is what the administration intends to do with it.—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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But my mom loved these showy trees with the colorful crepe-papery flowers, as did my grandmother, and about a billion-jillion other SoCal residents who have planted them in yards, around businesses and along many city streets.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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But America, with its jillion colleges and universities, dotting the land?—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 July 2023
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He’s made a kazillion dollars since then.—
James Hibberd,
EW.com,
10 Aug. 2020
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After what felt like a million kazillion years of waiting, the live-action leads of Aladdin were finally announced last weekend.—
Noelle Devoe,
Seventeen,
17 July 2017
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“Million.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/million. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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