How to Use how many in a Sentence

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  • There's no word yet on how many sites have opted in to the idea.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The strangest feature of the list is how many members compete.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • It was not known how many of those reported missing had been found.
    — Abigail Williams, NBC news, 29 June 2026
  • No matter how many new pasta salads come around, this one never gets old.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • Follow directions on your inhaler for how many puffs to take.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • The department did not say how many cases were confirmed in the county.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The final payout also depends on how many valid claims get approved.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • That's not too surprising, given how many big deals Goldman has worked on this year.
    — Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • At first, Shen had no expectations for how many people his message might reach.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • That depends on how many women do well in offices, and how many women win offices and are appointed.
    — NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • And yet, how many people who have tried to attend in person have actually been able to enjoy it?
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Some 40 or 50 million viewers were expected to tune in; how many of them watched for the first time?
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Others are putting caps on how many tokens their staff can use, 404 Media reports.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • Adamo did not specify how many residents applied for the vacancy.
    — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • There are no definitive statistics about how many students are affected by state bans.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Here’s how many wins the average third through seventh round picks have netted, along with the model’s values for those picks and the prior values.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Now, as the pop superstar prepares for her wife era, here’s a closer look at just how many of her songs reference matrimony.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Fire officials didn’t immediately know how many structures were threatened in the area.
    — Andrea Klick, Daily News, 7 July 2026
  • But how many more subscribers can these platforms realistically add?
    — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 3 July 2026
  • Authorities did not confirm how many inmates were accused of being involved in the violence or how many were taken hostage.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • There is no sudden death or golden goal at the World Cup, which means the full extra-time period will be played no matter how many goals are scored.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
  • Think about how many Pinterest pages and #bacheloretteinspo mood boards will be created based solely around this event.
    — Lizzie Logan, Glamour, 4 July 2026
  • Since this World Cup began, how many people have learned about Cape Verde, the small nation off the west coast of Africa?
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 4 July 2026
  • Traders can use $120, the top of that multimonth base, as a stop given how many times it was tested and defended before the breakout.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • That’s how many active drones were registered with the FAA as of early 2026.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • According to the 22nd Amendment, how many times can a person be elected to the office of president?
    — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • And there is much to debate, given how many social inequalities Jefferson and his co-authors left behind.
    — Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • It’s really been interesting how many nonwriters have responded to it.
    — Longreads, 25 June 2026
  • What has been especially meaningful to him is seeing how many of those new registrants come from minority backgrounds.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • The cost to Medicare will depend on how many enrollees actually participate.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

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