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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absurd number" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quantity that is unreasonable or illogical in a given context.
Example: "The proposal included an absurd number of requirements that would be impossible to meet within the deadline."
Alternatives: "ridiculous amount" or "unreasonable figure".
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He says this was "An absurd number.
I have an absurd number of children.
Later in the conversation, he reflected: "I've written 450 papers, an absurd number.
Or the absurd number of art galleries tucked away in the tangle of cobblestone alleyways.
But if you think about it for just a moment, it's an absurd number.
My school is very reliant on good results, so if we have a dip it's going to have a consequence for us – particularly as they're opening an absurd number of free schools in the area.
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Moreover, sperm is regularly imported from abroad (notably America and Denmark, the so-called sperm capital of the world), meaning that many donor-conceived children are still growing up with an absurd numbers of siblings.
"You start looking at the individual numbers of a guy like Kyle Lohse, Duncann said, "and when there's hitters that have absurd numbers that they shouldn't have, that's a real indication that they know what's coming".
Absurd numbers of Americans panicked a year ago when four cases of Ebola showed up in the United States.
The absurd numbers don't stop there.
Marveling at how the bogus India trip cost story was unfolded, NBC's Chuck Todd tweeted that he was surprised the absurd numbers gained any traction and that a simple "smell test" would have halted the story in its tracks.
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