thousand
noun
Examples of thousand in a Sentence
Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
Iran encouraged the Shi’ite Muslim fighters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah to keep firing rockets and anti-tank shells at northern Israel since last October, compelling tens of thousands of Israelis to leave their homes and reside temporarily in hotels and communities many miles away.
—Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Much of the city, once home to hundreds of thousands of people, has been bulldozed and the video shows the frames of homes completely ripped up alongside roads strewn with rubble and debris.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
Race tracks always draw thousands of fans decked out in the colors that represent their favorite drivers’ sponsors and paint schemes.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
By Marina Koren Like migratory birds guided by the stars, hundreds of thousands of Americans have flocked in the direction of today’s total solar eclipse.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
In February 2022, the company revamped its shift system, allowing its thousands of workers both on the factory floor and in corporate offices to designate their own start times, shift lengths, and days-on-days-off schedules.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
The cost can come out to be thousands to millions of dollars per local election office, Cohn-Postar said.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Arizona State University students will celebrate among thousands of their peers this May at the university’s spring commencement ceremonies.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Middle English, from Old English thūsend; akin to Old High German dūsunt thousand, Lithuanian tūkstantis, and probably to Sanskrit tavas strong, Latin tumēre to swell — more at thumb entry 1
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Thousand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thousand. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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