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good many, a
Idioms and Phrases
Also, a great many . A large number of, as in A good many checks have come in already , or We saw only a few hikers on the trail, when we had thought there would be a great many . The first term dates from the early 1800s, the variant from the late 1600s. Also see a lot ; quite a bit (few) .Example Sentences
“One paper without competition can thrive for a good many years even in the face of the Internet and the lack of younger readers. Two or more cannot.”
“I look back on tremendous efforts & exhaustion & dismal looking out of a tent door and onto a world of snow & vanishing hopes — & yet, & yet, & yet there have been a good many things to set on the other side.”
The 96th Academy Awards are here, and we bet you’ve seen at least two of the movies nominated for best picture — “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” — and, quite possibly, a good many more because this might just be the best group of nominated films since the Oscars expanded the category in 2009.
A good many fellow thespians are in attendance.
But … there are still a good many voters who aren’t convinced that her screen time — she’s in less than a third of the 3½-hour movie — warrants a lead acting Oscar.
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