how many

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—used to ask or talk about an amount
How many people were there?
I was surprised by how many people were there.
How many times do I have to tell you to lock the door?

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The count does not indicate how many seats each party will win in the parliament. — Giovanna Dell'orto, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Over the following centuries many women took on the role of biological reproduction machines, with population growth and population control dictating how many babies women should have. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026 The chips in question are BM1370s, which together draw up to 600 W of power, and peak at a hashrate (how many guesses per second a miner makes) of 34 TH/s or 34 trillion guesses per second. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026 That will further expand how many devices can receive audio from a single dongle but is dependent on wireless headphones fully supporting that Auracast feature, and not many currently do. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for how many

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