decamillion

Definitions

Ten million.

uncommon

Examples

“You have⟳ no life, and so you do not know⟳ what it means to deny⟳ what has been the meaning of your life, for if you’ve been wrong, mark⟳ you now, if you’ve been wrong, then what of the decamillion of graves, and so you’re committed, you’re committed wholly, do you understand⟳? and each action you perform⟳ can only confirm⟳ you further in your political position or what I would now call⟳ the lack of one, and there’s only the nightmare of yourself if you’re wrong, […]”

“And this more fabulous than invalid Broadway was already getting ready for another upbeat year with a decamillion-plus advance sale for a musical that isn’t expected to open⟳ until April 1991.”

“Drawing on Gerald D. Nash’s historiography, [James C.] Work⟳ rehearses the necessary background—the so-called closing of the frontier, the migration of decamillions of people into the twentieth-century West, then the subsequent anomie, “disjunction” among the cultures involved, and environmental devastation—and arrives at a consequence: the utter difficulty, for contemporary writers acutely aware of what has transpired, of writing about the “West of ‘once upon a time.’””

“Were his fortunes to evaporate and leave⟳ him completely broke, Xizor would still not sell⟳ this plant⟳, not if somebody offered him a decamillion credits.”

“Nearly 300 million computers worldwide installed Windgazer 99 beginning June 8, 1999. Decamillions of those users worshipped the Windgazer 99 screen saver as a gift from the heavens.”

“Even coming from my conditioning of nihilism and dread, without the comfort of simple beliefs, aware of awesome human evil and hatred, of wars that kill⟳ decamillions, I can be, I will be, an expression of contentless faith.”

“Not all large gains are held in suspicion, of course. For example, I have⟳ not heard social critics charging that the baseball slugger Mark⟳ McGwire’s decamillion-dollar income is at someone else’s expense.”

“By May 2000, their [the Backstreet Boys’] #4 Al. 11-99 Millennium hurdled the decamillion (10M) mountain (who NEEDS #1?)”

“If I want⟳ to take⟳ off for a week with friends or family, it’s not a problem at all, because I don’t have⟳ to apply⟳ to get⟳ off and I don’t have⟳ a loss of income for doing that. I am free to do whatever I can dream⟳ to do, and THAT alone is success. Even once I hit the millions and hopefully decamillions in years to come⟳, I don’t think⟳ any of that is going to be as big of an accomplishment as having the freedom to live⟳ without a job.”

“After you have⟳ made your commitments (motivation) and set⟳ your goals (and the time frame for reaching them), you must understand⟳ that the most important characteristic is sustained and relentless marketing. The most successful million-, multimillion- and decamillion-dollar advisors I have⟳ worked with never quit⟳ marketing. […] The most successful advisor I have⟳ ever worked with, a decamillion-dollar advisor, was a leader in the most important high-profile philanthropic organizations in his marketplace.”

“The end⟳ result⟳ is the Pinnacles Volcanic Formation (PVF) consisting of massive pile-ups of volcanic debris. But the story of woe doesn’t stop⟳ there: Over the next few decamillion years, aggressive faulting thugs continuously barged in and out, uprooting solid-rock neighborhoods and throwing things all over the place⟳. The PVF has been continually subjected to such severe geologic injustices that the World Geohealth Organization has called on the international community to put⟳ an end⟳ to the violence.”

“‘So far,’ says Caro Odoma, the other Alexandrian, ‘the sim-people have⟳ shown remarkable creativity in rationalising these . . . dark matters!’ His sidelong glance⟳ shares some private joke with his colleague, to your intense irritation. ‘They’re resilient – I wouldn’t worry⟳ about cultural calamity.’ / ‘No indeed!’ you snap⟳ back. ‘I’d worry⟳ about their dying by the decamillion in agony!’”

“I had the opportunity to sell⟳ a $14.6 million property in Hawaii, but lacked the experience⟳ to do it; I had never sold a home in Hawaii nor a decamillion dollar property.”

“Having been inflated by cheap money for more than a decade, the stock-market bubble will pop and wipe off the life-savings of decamillions in America in an echo of the 1929 crash⟳ and making the 2008 financial meltdown look⟳ like⟳ a dress rehearsal.”

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