In the Nivkh language of Siberia, each number can be said twenty-six different ways based on the object being counted.

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The number three is not a physical object, perfect roundness is not a physical object, perfect goodness is not a physical object.

数字三不是一个物理实体,正圆不是一个物理实体,真正的善良不是一个物理实体

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The number three is not a physical object.

数字三也不是一个物理实体

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If money is a number, not an object, then the need for security shifts from protecting that object to protecting access to that number.

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Moreover, even if interpretation of the results of the survey gives an inferred indication of non-objection, if there remain a significant number who do object, this is a critical finding in itself.

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Microsoft is now fighting a move by a number of American states, which object to the terms of the settlement.

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