beyond number
idiom
formal + literary
: too many to count
a paradise inhabited by animal species beyond number
The stars are beyond number.
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Boys beyond number, nearly all Johnny Hayes devotees, prowled the adjoining Manhattan Field searching for illicit ways in.
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Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2022
Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2022
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“Beyond number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20number. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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