Dozen
Dozen noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
Strain
Strain noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
Both words in one sentence
- In Scotland, the Torchwood Institute makes contact with the 456, who trade a vaccine for a new strain of flu for one dozen prepubescent children.
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Strain and Dozen. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dozen/strain
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Strain or Dozen. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dozen/strain.
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