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• Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.From the entry accrete
• The furthest known galaxy is about 13 billion light years from Earth.From the entry furthest
• The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars.From the entry bailout
• "If I had a billion dollars, I would buy a medieval castle" involves a second conditional.From the entry second conditional
• I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!From the entry exaggerate
• BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TARIFFS ARE NOW FLOWING INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!”2025 August 7, Jonathan Lemire, “Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025. From the entry taco
• This system has generated $4 billion in annual private sector investment toward a cleaner transportation sector."2024 November 8, Luz Pena, “California's gas prices could have major increase with passing of new fuel standards”, in ABC7 News. From the entry clean
• Around one billion people worldwide and across the U.S. will celebrate Diwali this week.2024 October 30, Chandelis Duster, “Millions of people celebrate Diwali this week. Here is what you should know”, in NPR. From the entry Diwali
• My social skills are negative 1 billion and I'm obsessed with cheese.2024 January 11, u/Tasty_Lead_Paint, “Alright fellas we need to talk”, in Reddit, r/Shittyaskflying, archived from the original on 28 Jul…. From the entry pylote
• Army that could be worth nearly $22 billion over a decade.2023 June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic. From the entry raise eyebrows
• “Doug would punch me in the face for a billion dollars.”2023, Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly, London: Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN. From the entry venmo
• Almost $5.3 billion in sales revenue this Black Friday came from mobile purchases.2023 November 30, Lakshmi Varanasi, “Shoppers are worried about the economy so they're 'doom spending' to make themselves feel better”, in…. From the entry doom spending
• But since closing his $44 billion buyout of Twitter last week, Mr.2022 November 2, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Tiffany Hsu, “Elon Musk Takes a Page Out of Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Media Playbook”, in The New…. From the entry playbook
• Fare box income was £1.5 billion, a reduction from £2.8 billion two years ago.2022 January 12, 'Industry Insider', “Treasury demands cutbacks”, in RAIL, number 948, page 68. From the entry fare box
• The shortest possible laser pulse is 1 billion times longer than this.2022 December 16, bigbunguses, Brooklynxman, “I’m literally the only person watching Avatar 2 in my theater”, in reddit.com. From the entry rontosecond
• Billions of dollars; millions of followers; EGOT status; a household name across the world.2021, Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl, Bloomsbury, page 180. From the entry EGOT
• An estimated $85 billion is required to fund preliminary LGU adaptation requirements.2021 October 21, Department of Finance Philippines, “Philippines Goes Green”, in CNN. From the entry LGU
• They're out there in all conditions ensuring that 1.7 billion passenger journeys can be made per year.2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Railway's 2020 vision”, in Rail, page 3. From the entry hard-working
• Eight years later, after the company went public, his stake was worth more than $1 billion.2019, Gary Rivlin, “Venture Capital 101”, in Becoming a Venture Capitalist, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, pages 17–18. From the entry PayPaler
• Third Pole glaciers are critical to billions of people from Vietnam to Afghanistan.2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns. From the entry critical
• Toys “R” Us had a debt load of $1.86 billion before it was bought out.2018 June 13, Bryce Covert, “The Demise of Toys 'R' Us Is a Warning”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN. From the entry albatross around one's neck
• Elderly care is a huge need that could benefit from a few billion.2018, Eryk Smith, “OPINION: Extend the HSR to Pingtung? Let’s Talk After the Election”, in The News Lens. From the entry Lujhu
• Howard Marshall II, an oil baron six decades her senior, who is worth half a billion dollars.2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties. From the entry pillowy
• Sea urchins, for example, release between ten and one hundred billion sperm with every ejaculation.2016, Marah J. Hardt, Sex in the Sea, →ISBN. From the entry spew
• The Feds have ripped $80 billion out of their budgets over the next 10 years.2016 February 10, Peter Martin, “State governments are about to hike up taxes”, in The Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry feds
• To say that Midorima turned a billion shades of red would be an understatement.2015 August, "nonochuu" (username), Tumblr (blog). From the entry turn a number of shades of red
• Mao’s hometown, Xiangtan City, in Hunan Province, is spending $2.5 billion on public events celebrating him.2013 December 25, Gao Wenqian, “China Must Purge Mao's Ghost”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Dec…. From the entry Xiangtan
• One litre of human blood contains about five billion neutrophils (around half of all white blood cells).2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 89. From the entry neutrophil
• Photosynthesis was established some billion years ago by ancient bacterial precursors of modern cyanobacteria.2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 91. From the entry cyanobacterium
• A few years ago, John Paulson wagered hugely against U.S. mortgage bonds and made several billion dollars.2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN. From the entry sell short
• It might as well have been one billion, or one gorillion dollars.2011, “THE BCS FINES THE FIESTA BOWL A GORILLION DOLLARS”, in Every Day Should Be Saturday, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2019. From the entry gorillion
• Drug companies spend about $5 billion annually on detailmen and their gifts.2011, Jessica Leavitt, Fred Leavitt, Improving Medical Outcomes. From the entry detailman
• Nearly everybody has heard of the mega cap companies, which have market caps of over $50 billion.2011, Sarah Fisher, Susan Shelly, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stock Investing: Become Market-Savvy and Watch Your Portfolio Soar…. From the entry mega cap
• "Globesity" has consumed much of the planet, with more than 1 billion adults overweight or obese.2010 March 13, Claudia Kalb, “Culture of Corpulence”, in Newsweek. From the entry globesity
• Complex high-cost drug therapy, such as injectables and infusions, are close to a $70 billion sector.2009 January 3, Amy Zipkin, “Drugstores, Too, Feel Recession Pain”, in New York Times. From the entry injectable

Meaning of billion

1. numeral A thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000²): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹.
2. numeral A million million (logic: 1,000,000²): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (10¹²); a thousand milliard.
3. numeral An unspecified very large number.

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Questions about billion in a sentence

How do you use billion in a sentence?

Billion is used as a numeral. For example: “There were billions of people at the concert.”

What is a short sentence with billion?

“There were billions of people at the concert.”

What does billion mean?

Billion means a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000²): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹.