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How to pronounce thousand in American English

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  1. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE FREIGHT IS ONE THOUSAND.

    Census Bureau

  2. seats on the aircraft so i could theoretically fly ten thousand twenty thousand thirty thousand passengers

    NTSB

  3. From Two Thousand Four to Two Thousand Thirteen, APHIS Wildlife Services live-trapped thirteen thousand seven hundred

    USDA

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