Sentence examples for number about from inspiring English sources

The phrase "number about" is not grammatically correct.
A more common construction would be "approximately" or "around." For example: "There were approximately 50 people at the party" or "There were around 50 people at the party."

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His people, the Aghuls, number about 16,000.

The Economist

They number about two million.

The New Yorker

The natives number about 14,000.

The New Yorker

Drosophila species number about 1,500.

Encyclopedia Britannica

The oligochaetes number about 3,250 known species.

Encyclopedia Britannica

They number about 2.5 million voters.

The Guardian - Opinion

American-Albanians number about 400,000.

The New York Times

Sexy R&B number about Donald Trump?

The Guardian - Music

Today, the Iroquois number about 80,000.

The New York Times

All crew members, believed to number about 15, died.

The New York Times

Bornean orangutans number about 50,000 or 60,000.

The Guardian

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