DOZEN Synonyms: 186 Similar and Opposite Words

dozen

noun

ˈdə-zᵊn

Definition of dozen

as in ton

a considerable amount dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected

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Recent Examples of dozen Nearly a dozen winning tickets worth at least $1 million have been sold so far this year in western Pennsylvania. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The backstory Wilderness operates dozens of remote lodges all across Africa, including seven in Namibia, split into three regions. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 The state’s outbreak has spread to dozens of counties, sickened over 1,200 people, and put 176 in the hospital. — Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026 Between now and then, both SpaceX and Blue Origin have more than a dozen test demonstrations and vehicle milestones to achieve, including success during Artemis III and flights afterward. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dozen

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Noun

Deck said 20,000 to 25,000 tons of bone-dry biomass are available each year at the landfill.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
According to Japan’s Ministry of Finance, natto exports reached 5,248 tons in 2025, nearly tripling from 2017.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of ton

Noun

Cranes lift 200-ton loads at mountain bridge site The R4300-200 has a maximum lifting capacity of 200 metric tons (220 US tons) and an 80-meter jib (262 feet).

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Its remaining civil rights workers have described untenable case loads and pressure to dismiss complaints.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

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After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1979, Gray returned to music photography — shooting a slew of album covers and, in the early 1980s, serving as Michael Jackson’s personal photographer at a time when the singer was breaking out as a solo act.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
When the year started, investors were predicting a slew of AI companies going public, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of slew

Noun

Halo’s deep problems won’t be fixed overnight, and throwing a bunch of hard-working developers to the curb certainly won’t help.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The 35-year-old model shared a bunch of photos on Instagram, leading with a mirror selfie in a plunging black one-piece swimsuit featuring a dramatic neckline and high-cut sides.

— Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of bunch

Noun

Artificial intelligence companies have been borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars, selling fresh stock, and cooking up novel and potentially risky methods of financing.

— Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
In the park opposite the National Assembly, hundreds of volunteers are cleaning up the mess left behind by a pro-government camp that had made the area a no-go zone for most citizens.

— Guy De Launey, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of hundred

Noun

What elevates the greatest album of all time above more standard fodder for pregames and parking-lot smoke seshes is the neon current of romance running beneath its songs.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
Last year, a Senatobia officer threatened a Black woman with a Taser, pulling her from her car and onto the ground and arresting her during a confrontation over an accessible parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot.

— SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of lot

Noun

Hours later, a group of rescuers in hard hats were using poles stripped from trees to poke at the huge pile of rubble.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
There was a basket with lemons, each one tied with red curling ribbon, fish spices stacked, the register with all the keys covered by a silicone hood, and a pile of newspapers next to a pile of wrapping sheets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

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