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Meanings of greatest number in English

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Usage of greatest number in English
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This gave the greatest happiness to the greatest number: quite easily done.
The Guardian
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The greatest number of migrants, 106 million, came from Asia, it said.
Reuters
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By far the greatest number of those in attendance were young men.
The Irish Times
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Usually, the greatest number of men simply dropped their weapons and fled.
The red queen
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Abban took by far the greatest number of the Enemy with him.
The half-made world
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The use of the relative pronoun trips the greatest number of authors.
How to Speak and Write Correctly
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Four was the greatest number of eggs I found in any nest.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
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Four seems to be the greatest number of eggs in a nest.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
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And this is the opinion of perhaps the greatest number of observers.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
10
By unselfish I mean for the greatest good of the greatest number.
A Parody Outline of History / Wherein May Be Found a Curiously I...
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The greatest number of the inhabitants, however, are of the Rafizah sect.
First Footsteps in East Africa
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The three who obtain the greatest number of votes shall be elected.
Laws
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The player guessing the greatest number of flowers correctly receives a prize.
Games for Everybody
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That is the strongest love which surmounts the greatest number of obstacles.
Hints for Lovers
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The greatest good to the greatest number is best for all time.
Shakspere, Personal Recollections
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His handwriting was quite unknown to the greatest number of his friends.
Life of Chopin
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