gazillion
noun
ga·zil·lion
gə-ˈzil-yən 
plural gazillions
informal
: a huge, unspecified number : zillion
According to William Miller, Jr., VMD, a professor of dermatology at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, there are "gazillions" of different types of fungi existing in nature, including molds, yeasts, mildews and so forth.—
Tom Ewing
Tom Ewing… the seemingly gazillions of options available to us compared to our parents' generation.—Michele Bender
—often used with another nounMichele BenderWith just over a gazillion pages on the Web, navigating the far reaches of cyberspace without a search engine is nearly impossible.—Angela Hickman et al.
Angela Hickman et al.
gazillionth
adjective
… my friend Kathy and I are going to see Def Leppard on Monday night in Cincinnati for the gazillionth time.
—Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
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The Internet made scarcity scarce: everyone could see that there were a gazillion copies of the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica for sale online, and their price plunged.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
This machine makes literally a gazillion of them to turn outdoor playtime into a bubble wonderland.
—Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
Wake up when my alarm goes off to a sore throat, which could be from a gazillion different things, especially since my voice is also TOTALLY gone.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Tell everyone else with an iPhone how to do this and earn yourself a gazillion karma points.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
This machine makes literally a gazillion of them to turn outdoor playtime into a bubble wonderland.
—Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
Wake up when my alarm goes off to a sore throat, which could be from a gazillion different things, especially since my voice is also TOTALLY gone.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Tell everyone else with an iPhone how to do this and earn yourself a gazillion karma points.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Gazillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gazillion. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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