hundreds of people
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpeople
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people
noun[plural]
uk/ˈpiː.pəl/us/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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She gave so much and there are literally hundreds of people worldwide who will remember her with gratitude and affection.
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All around us, though, were hundreds of people for whom the slots and tables obviously were of lasting and compelling interest.
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He saved hundreds of people whose names he never even cared to know.
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Medical assistants inoculated hundreds of people arm-to-arm in a day.
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We had hundreds of people across multiple functions, businesses, and geographies trying to figure out what happened.
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It seems to me a rather serious matter if we give these hundreds of people immunity from censorship at the present time.
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This is the reason why hundreds of people are on waiting lists for eye transplants.
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Then, too, there are hundreds of people who, because of the high price of butter, cannot afford to buy it, although there is a surplus.
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To each of these individuals hundreds of people go during the course of a year for guidance and advice.
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There was a small majority in favour, but many hundreds of people were not.
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Is the prosecution to bring hundreds of people to court?
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But hundreds of people are driven to take this kind of short-term accommodation.
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Hundreds of people in my constituency have benefited from the new deal, and tell me that it has transformed their lives.
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Hundreds of people from the estates in my constituency were out of work.
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This is not a problem of hundreds of people; it is a problem of thousands of people who want accommodation and want it urgently.
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Perhaps only hundreds of people are affected, but surely justice to hundreds is as important as justice to hundreds of thousands.
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We are conscious of the fact that hundreds of people have left the factory because of redundancies.
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Hundreds of people have their nights disturbed in consequence.
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For a whole variety of reasons, such as overcrowding and industrial relations disputes, hundreds of people have been detained in these degrading circumstances.
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