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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of number.

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Examples

  • Every Bond actor's days are numbered from the minute they step into the characters shoes and it's so sad that one of Daniel Craig's amazing Bond portrayal's had to be wasted on this drivel.

    Movie Review: Quantum of Solace | /Film 2008

  • The stores were rapidly put aboard in numbered water-tight cases, and on July 31st, 1907, we left the Port of London and steamed slowly (the usual way we did steam) down the Thames.

    With Shackleton to the Antarctic 1910

  • To put that in perspective, the number of people who protested the changes in the terms numbered in the hundred thousands, while it would take as many as 52.5 million people to get the site to implement the changes users want.

    The Times of India 2009

  • Firefox usually highlights the words I misspelled; however, in numbered or bulleted lists, Google Docs takes over the right click menu and won’t allow me to see the suggested spelling list.

    From The Tips Box: Context Menus, iPod Ratings, Bleach Alternatives | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • I’m not saying that numbered lists don’t have their place – when regarding box-office takings, films should always be presented in numbered lists, and there is good cause for parts of a book series to be numbered.

    2010 May « The Graveyard 2010

  • I’m not saying that numbered lists don’t have their place – when regarding box-office takings, films should always be presented in numbered lists, and there is good cause for parts of a book series to be numbered.

    Two Posts For The Price Of One « The Graveyard 2010

  • Kill all the wolves you can while you still are allowed and fight the prowolf crowd hard or your elk hunting days are numbered, which is probably their goal anyway.

    On Wolves And The Future Of Hunting 2009

  • Kill all the wolves you can while you still are allowed and fight the prowolf crowd hard or your elk hunting days are numbered, which is probably their goal anyway.

    On Wolves And The Future Of Hunting 2009

  • In White House materials circulated to lawmakers, the administration cited statistics showing that the group of taxpayers likely to be hit the hardest by the idea numbered just 22,000 in 2009.

    Millionaire's Tax To Be Tough Sell John D. McKinnon 2011

  • Alabama's undocumented population, which is mostly Latin American, numbered about 120,000 in 2010, compared with the estimated 25,000 a decade earlier, according to Pew Hispanic Center estimates.

    Alabama Gets Tough on Illegal Immigrants Arian Campo-Flores 2011

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