How to Use ten in a Sentence

ten

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  • In a matter of weeks, tens of thousands of tech workers lost their jobs.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The bags often sell for tens of thousands of dollars on the secondary market.
    — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • That’s a far cry from the tens of thousands that turned out to vote in the early hours of the 2022 primary and general elections.
    — The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The stretch of road from the Capitol Building to Freedom Plaza was packed with tens of thousands of protesters.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world.
    — Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Humans saving seeds dates back tens of thousands of years.
    — Tamara Yakaboski, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Some retirees are bracing to be billed tens of thousands of dollars.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 15 May 2023
  • Within days, tens of thousands of utility customers were in the dark.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The holidays are behind us, and for the New Year, tens of millions of Americans have resolved to lose weight.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The tens of thousands of items in the store are accessible to complete orders if needed.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
  • And the tens of thousands of people who gather every July for the annual wild pony swim that put this town on the map are nowhere to be seen.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Reed’s tweet recounting her shock over the loss of the account has received tens of thousands of responses.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2023
  • The convention will take place downtown from July 15-18 and is expected to bring tens of thousands of people to the city.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Given all that, vacancies have soared — despite the tens of thousands of people living on the street.
    — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The community will host tens of thousands of new homes, says the proposal, as well as parks, bike lanes, open space, and a solar farm.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • These days, a new wave of Hispanic migrants was arriving in Iowa to fill tens of thousands of vacant jobs across the state.
    — Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • In the Tulare Lake Basin — where tens of thousands of acres remain flooded — botulism isn’t the only risk.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • Over tens of millions of years, termites have worked on perfecting their building methods—and there are lessons to learn.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 31 May 2023
  • The two also took tens of millions of public school dollars for their own personal use.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • In fact, the property needed tens of millions of dollars in upgrades and repairs.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • That is how policies are built, that is how tens of thousands of moderators are doing their jobs.
    — Dexter Thomas, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
  • With projects calling for thousands of coral to be planted over the next year and tens of thousands of coral to be planted over the next decade, the losses add up when coral pieces can cost more than $100 each.
    — David Fischer, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Related: Taylor Swift will bring tens of thousands of fans to Foxborough.
    — Carrie Simonelli, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • Aid workers and Chadian officials now expect that a pause in the fighting there could push tens of thousands to flee to Chad.
    — Elian Peltier Yagazie Emezi, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Some of those files contain a handful of entries each, while others contain tens of thousands.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Israel shut off water to the north in the opening days of the war and hardly any aid has been allowed into the area, even as tens of thousands of people have remained there.
    — Najib Jobain, arkansasonline.com, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Backpack has signed tens of thousands of prospective customers to a waitlist, claim Sun and Ferrante, but the exchange will not go live until the first quarter of 2024.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • For some, however, having a dream wedding doesn’t have to mean forking out tens of thousands of dollars.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Estimates put the number of Sikh deaths as high as tens of thousands, leading some to describe the violence as a genocide.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • It was declared defeated in Iraq in 2017 after a three-year battle that left tens of thousands of people dead and cities in ruins.
    — Qassim Abdul-Zahra The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024

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