Word: fewer
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...result, growing bands of wily and ruthless poachers have taken to hunting down elephants illegally all across Africa, killing the animals with everything from automatic weapons to poison. About 10% of the remaining African elephants were killed last year, reducing their ranks to fewer than 750,000. If the slaughter continues at the present pace, the wild elephant could be close to extinction within a decade...
...years ago, Hope wrote in a pamphlet onwomen Law School graduates that "A woman withsufficient seniority and experience to beconsidered [for a corporate post] is somewhat morelikely to be chosen than a man; there are fewer ofus in the pool...
Actually, most House members would find their incomes substantially increased, since fewer than half reach the current honoraria limit of 30 percent of income, according to their financial disclosures...
Dana M. Bush '91, who heads the council's residential committee, said that some people have told her they have noticed a difference, and the committee now receives fewer reports of frigid rooms. "The change in the heating policy has helped alleviate the complaints," she said...
...what if Harvard produces fewer profit-chewing physicians, some might charge, citing the classic occupation for science majors. That objection has some merit. Yet science concentrations also prepare research doctors, of whom we can never have enough. Science concentrations also make for more broadly informed politicians, lawyers and businessmen, all of whom may have to deal with scientific issues such as the atmosphere and genetics...