DOZENS Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

dozens

noun

variants or dozen

plural of dozen

as in hundreds

a considerable amount dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected

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Recent Examples of dozens One night before his 29th birthday, Thompson scored twice in 15 seconds in the second period, skating around the Ducks’ inert defense for a breakaway third goal that sent a dozen hats flying onto the Honda Center ice. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 With more than a dozen flights landing Salvadoran military personnel and equipment so far, the unusual deployment has thrust Bukele into a direct confrontation with Haiti’s powerful gangs. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026 The event, spanning Friday and Saturday, will feature the Group of 20, an international forum composed of leaders from more than a dozen countries along with the African and European Unions. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Forty-six Democrats in the House and a dozen in the Senate joined Republicans in voting for the Laken Riley Act, a bill named after a Georgia student killed by a man in the country illegally. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Big spending in many places As millions of voters have already cast their ballots in the midterms, there are dozens of races Democrats and Republicans consider worthy of heavy investment in the final hours to help shape the outcome. — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026 Spanish authorities are investigating the cause behind a high-speed train collision Wednesday morning that killed at least 68 people and injured dozens of others. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 Oct. 2026 About three dozen trump protesters gathered at the intersection of Dave Lyle Boulevard and East White Street down the block from the venue. — Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026 An ocean bordered by dozens of countries would be far harder to rename than a gulf or a lake. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Black neighborhoods north and northwest of downtown Jacksonville endure poverty, pollution, and high incidences of lead poisoning, cancer, and other diseases — and hundreds of shootings involving children.

— Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
The company said Cheerios and Ziploc receive hundreds of thousands of requests, comments and reactions annually about cereal packaging.

— Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of hundreds

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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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said earlier this week that the first shipment would amount to 40,000 tons of diesel, according to Russia's Interfax news agency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
To meet those requirements, the company customized its L760-50 luffing-jib tower crane, which has a maximum lifting capacity of 50 metric tons (55 US tons) and a maximum jib length of 60 meters (197 feet).

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of tons

Noun

When Anthropic goes public, the stock its seven cofounders hold stands to be worth up to $200 billion between them, carved up into seven nearly identical piles.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
The birthday cakes appear pulled out of manila envelopes along with piles of pictures, as if being entered into evidence at a trial.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

Conservation development is a method of constructing lots and homes closer together on smaller plots, the program states.

— Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Two thousand acres, almost seven hundred lots, snug against the Northstar ski area, with views of the Martis Valley and the Sierra Crest.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of lots

Noun

Any niche status went out the window years ago, as slews of more casual runners opt into the marathon experience.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
Hyperia then automatically slews to the target and performs an operation called astrometry – measuring the precise positions of stars to double-check its accuracy.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of slews

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The talks could lead to decade-long energy partnerships, giving Moscow an opportunity to extend its influence in Africa as China and Western countries pursue nuclear deals of their own.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
There is a historical template for deals between Iran and the United States—Tehran agrees to constrain or give up a specific behavior, and Washington agrees to give it money and recognition—that could apply neatly to the current conflict.

— ALLISON MINOR, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026

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