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small number
adjective as in handful
Strong matches
Weak match
adjective as in several
Weak matches
- a few
- a lot
- any
- certain
- considerable
- definite
- different
- disparate
- distinct
- divers
- diverse
- handful
- hardly any
- indefinite
- individual
- infrequent
- manifold
- many
- not many
- numerous
- only a few
- particular
- personal
- plural
- proportionate
- quite a few
- rare
- respective
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scarcely any
- separate
- single
- some
- sparse
- special
- specific
- sundry
pronoun as in few
Strong matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Victoria Vyvan, president of the Country Land and Business Association said the "expensive, slow and bureaucratic planning system" was what was preventing land sales by her members, who "strongly believe that a small number of homes should be built in a large number of villages".
Lassa fever is rare in the UK, but there have been a small number of cases before - most recently in 2022.
The Church in Wales said, after these offences came to light, "an internal investigation was initiated and found evidence suggesting that in 1993 a small number of members of the Church in Wales had been aware of a further allegation against Mr Pierce, but that this was not shared with Police until 2010".
Iran has previously said it only supplied a "small number" of drones to Russia before the war, but the US and EU have accused Iran of sending regular deliveries of drones to Russia.
The lawsuit says that a small number of patients contacted Schwartz after the first hack was reported online, and that he said only a limited number of patients had been affected and other patients’ information was secure.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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