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The phrase "a number of specimens" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to multiple examples or instances of something, typically in a scientific or research context.
Example: "The researchers collected a number of specimens from various locations to study the effects of pollution on marine life."
Alternatives: "several specimens" or "multiple specimens".
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Col. Thomas Birch, who assisted the family financially by purchasing a number of specimens.
For this purpose, a number of specimens have been machined from industrial manufactured pipe walls.
Enterovirus RNA was also found in a number of specimens with low leukocyte counts.
Giant squid are known from a number of specimens caught at sea, washed up on the shore and from the stomach contents of cetaceans.
Experiments have been conducted on a number of specimens for comparison with numerical results.
The file became popular in the Iron Age and a number of specimens survive from Roman times.
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The Herbaria maintain a number of specimen databases and other data resources that are publicly available from this website.
Included are a number of specimen proposals to help shed light on the important issues surrounding the writing of proposals.
The mechanical properties of the CFRP core wire and the developed Smart Strand were verified through a number of specimen tests.
Entering the basement, they find a number of specimen jars containing animal remains and human fetuses, as well as bloody surgical tools.
A number of specimen geometries have been developed as suitable candidates for interfacial fracture toughness testing [12 15].
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