fewer birds came this year. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I much prefer using fewer passwords in fewer places. From Wordnik.com. [Does OpenID need to be hard? | FactoryCity] Reference
Mollie always manages to say what I'm thinking in fewer words. From Wordnik.com. [warnings] Reference
I hope the harsher punishments result in fewer brain injuries. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Amen, M.D.: "Brain Injury Sunday" Hits NFL Players Where it Hurts] Reference
At present, 548 of them retain fewer than ninety-nine speakers. From Wordnik.com. [Losing 50% of the world’s languages by 2100] Reference
If there is a way of saying something in fewer words – do it. From Wordnik.com. [Second Draft Tips « Write Anything] Reference
In at least once case this will actually result in fewer calories. From Wordnik.com. [The Consumerist: February 2009 Archives] Reference
I look for sentence pairs that when combined result in fewer words. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble Sticking to Your Word Count? Try These Editing Tricks | Write to Done] Reference
Wes Craven with Butch Patrick in fewer than the 7 links shown here. From Wordnik.com. [CONTEST: Horror-ble Birthdays and Bacon] Reference
Besides the fact that fewer readers will result in fewer book sales?. From Wordnik.com. [September « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website] Reference
I bet someone out there can say that in fewer than seventeen syllables. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Different Strokes] Reference
Which, paradoxically, results in fewer marriages and more single women. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
They've had 20 - 25 specific feedback emails, fewer from the online form. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
Yeah, but in fewer and fewer numbers and only in “preserves” like Maine. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Mickey Kaus’s Ad, in His Primary Campaign for the U.S. Senate Against Barbara Boxer] Reference
And GM is on its fourth CEO in fewer years and still has more debts than assets. From Wordnik.com. [Why Your Annual Checkup Is Just 13 Minutes] Reference
If anything, the US is consolidating power in fewer and fewer hands and interests. From Wordnik.com. [closet canadians?] Reference
I may have put in fewer parenting years than he has, but I do have some perspective. From Wordnik.com. [The Case Against Breast-Feeding] Reference
Poor reinbursement to providors of care resulted in fewer Doctors and waits for care. From Wordnik.com. [2010 won't be like 1994, says Pelosi] Reference
So the idea that fewer is limited to countable items is pretty well borne out by usage. From Wordnik.com. [“10 items or less” is just fine « Motivated Grammar] Reference
If we adjust the numbers down to factor in fewer registered Republicans in the district. From Wordnik.com. [Primary results open thread. | RedState] Reference
You'll find three well-known crime-fiction books summarised in fewer than 140 words each. From Wordnik.com. [Competition: two prizes! (to be determined)] Reference
Higher underwriting standards are resulting in fewer refinances and less new construction. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Chautin: Real Estate and Business Concerns Are Be Front and Center at the MBA] Reference
This makes it easy for searchers to find exactly what they are looking for in fewer clicks. From Wordnik.com. [Google Scrambling After Launch of “Decision Engine”] Reference
Current therapies can take up to a year and work in fewer than half of the most typical patients. From Wordnik.com. [Strides Against Hepatitis C Open Door to Blockbusters] Reference
The message that “Moms are C. E.O” of the family may be true, but in fewer homes than ever before. From Wordnik.com. [Women Grow Business » Revenue Models and More: An Interview with Sherri Langburt] Reference
But Holmes resolves the case, in fewer than a dozen pages, with panache and in a spirit of holiday generosity. From Wordnik.com. [2009 December 17 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
Marking pages with a label allows users to avoid exposure to such sites and results in fewer users being infected. From Wordnik.com. [Google Study Finds One in 10 Web Pages Searched Contains Malicious Code | Impact Lab] Reference
One was Shurtz's receptionist, who wised up, he says, when she realized she could make better money in fewer hours. From Wordnik.com. [Medpundit] Reference
This is a matter of arithmetic: if the Trust Fund takes in fewer taxes and pays the same benefits, its balance must decline. From Wordnik.com. [Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
These new purposes will win fewer votes than "your own personal biological repair kit," but they are also much more realistic. From Wordnik.com. [Christine A. Scheller: On the Bridge: A Conversaton Between a Pro-Lifer and an Embryonic Stem Cell Researcher] Reference
"With our new capital, our pace will be somewhat slower, with a different mix, and we will probably invest in fewer companies.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference
The Sippy treatment got lost to medical history and by 1985 milk-alkali syndrome was seen in fewer than 1% of cases of hypercalcemia. From Wordnik.com. [Milk-Alkali Syndrome] Reference
Ambiguity is useful, as ambiguous sentences can convey the necessary information just like unambiguous sentences, but in fewer words. From Wordnik.com. [2010 January « Motivated Grammar] Reference
For the earliest of the preemies, who are born in fewer than 28 weeks and spend up to three months in the hospital, the tab is higher. From Wordnik.com. [Million-Dollar Babies « Isegoria] Reference
As a result, the job of cleaning the exhaust becomes much easier, resulting in fewer greenhouse gases being expelled into the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [GM Rethinks Engine With Homogeneous Charge-Compression Ignition « Isegoria] Reference
If only groups like this cared as much for human life AFTER birth there would be less poverty and America would be involved in fewer wars!. From Wordnik.com. [SBA List launches campaign to support Nevada Republican] Reference
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