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Idiom

decimal dozen

Meaning

Ten, a group of ten.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I bought a decimal dozen of eggs for the recipe.”

“The baker prepared a decimal dozen of fresh rolls for the morning rush.”

“The inventory report confirmed that exactly a decimal dozen of the specialized components remained in the warehouse.”

Examples

simple

“I bought a decimal dozen of eggs for the recipe.”

contextual

“The baker prepared a decimal dozen of fresh rolls for the morning rush.”

complex

“The inventory report confirmed that exactly a decimal dozen of the specialized components remained in the warehouse.”

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