Dozen
Dozen noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
Smattering is an antonym for dozen.
Smattering
Both words in one sentence
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In BattleTech, the various Successor States of the Inner Sphere often have little more than a garrison of a dozen outdated battlemechs or a smattering of tanks guarding their non-industrial worlds, though important worlds often get an entire platoon of battlemechs!
Source: Home Guard
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Smattering and Dozen. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dozen/smattering
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Smattering or Dozen. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dozen/smattering.
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