Number and Strain

Number

Number noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.

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Strain and number are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead a noun "Number".

Nearby Words: numberless, numbered, numbering

Strain noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Number and strain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Number" instead a noun "Strain".

Nearby Words: strained, straining, strainer

certain	certain number	certain strain
original	original number	original strain
considerable	considerable number	considerable strain
single	single number	single strain
Other adjectives: sheer, real, massive, big, great, enormous, huge, excessive, new, final, significant, greater, last, different, surprising.

As such, he has made a number of extremely provocative statements, and has been alleged to have made others which strain the limits allowable to controversy.

Source: Radio / Rush Limbaugh
Chekhov's Gun: Quite a number, including: Drebin's syringe used to suppress Snake's nanomachines, is in fact a new strain of FOXDIE.

Source: Video Game / Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
This can be combined with other magical abilities in any number of clever ways, all of which hinge on being able to brutalize oneself and stave off passing out from the strain.

Source: Heroic R.R.O.D.

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