How native speakers pronounce “number”

So the hierarchy is rooted on two ideas. Number one, that the most useful subjects for work are at the top. So you were probably steered benignly away from things at school

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

If you look at the interactions of a human brain, as we heard yesterday from a number of presentations, intelligence is wonderfully interactive.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

let's start with a number 30.

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and pharmaceutical companies like talking about even less. It's for the number needed to treat. Now, what is this, the NNT?

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Now, what is this, the NNT? It's the number of people that need to take a drug or undergo a surgery or any medical procedure

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

And you're thinking, what kind of crazy statistic is that? The number should be one. My doctor wouldn't prescribe something to me

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

that 90 percent of the drugs work in only 30 to 50 percent of the people. So the number needed to treat for the most widely prescribed statin, what do you suppose it is?

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Now you might be thinking I've pulled this number out of the air for shock value, but in fact it's rather typical, this number needed to treat.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

I've pulled this number out of the air for shock value, but in fact it's rather typical, this number needed to treat. For the most widely performed surgery on men over the age of 50,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

removal of the prostate for cancer, the number needed to treat is 49. That's right, 49 surgeries are done for every one person who's helped.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

people are really comfortable with the number of people who die on the roads. 40,000 people dead,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

for local businesses from out-of-towners because we were the number-one destination for tourists to try out a Waymo and then to go to a coffee shop and go to a restaurant.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

were wearing sleep tracking devices. And that number is probably growing. And I get it.

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

So here's what some experts are saying. Stop fixating on the number because that can lead to unrealistic expectations of sleep.

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

This is certainly true of kids; the number of middle school teachers who show my videos in their science classes

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

that makes them really remarkable. It turns out that these sea hares have a small number of very large neurons, which makes them excellent to use in neuroscience research.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

And our nation is the only place on Earth where the number of Jews after World War II was higher after the war than before the war,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

PS: Most people are not as reckless -- number one, putting it into a public Discord -- strongly don't recommend.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

strongly don't recommend. Number two, I think I single-handedly increased Mac mini sales by multiple percent.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

you'll already enjoy better conversations. Number one: Don't multitask. And I don't mean just set down your cell phone

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

but don't be half in it and half out of it. Number two: Don't pontificate. If you want to state your opinion

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Everybody is an expert in something. Number three: Use open-ended questions. In this case, take a cue from journalists.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

and you're going to get a much more interesting response. Number four: Go with the flow. That means thoughts will come into your mind

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

You need to let them come and let them go. Number five: If you don't know, say that you don't know. Now, people on the radio, especially on NPR,

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Talk should not be cheap. Number six: Don't equate your experience with theirs. If they're talking about having lost a family member,

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Conversations are not a promotional opportunity. Number seven: Try not to repeat yourself.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Don't do that. Number eight: Stay out of the weeds. Frankly, people don't care

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

So forget the details. Leave them out. Number nine: This is not the last one, but it is the most important one.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

I cannot tell you how many really important people have said that listening is perhaps the most, the number one most important skill that you could develop.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Why do we not listen to each other? Number one, we'd rather talk. When I'm talking, I'm in control.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

We listen with the intent to reply." One more rule, number 10, and it’s this one: Be brief. Be interested in other people.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

In this exercise, I encourage you to ask yourself two questions. Number one, what are you energized by? Number two, what are you disengaged with?

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

Number one, what are you energized by? Number two, what are you disengaged with? Write down your answers every day,

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

It continues into our sex lives up to the end. Child number two comes back but looks like that over their shoulder all the time.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

nearly 50 percent of US adults experienced loneliness pre-pandemic. And that number continues to rise. So at this point, my me-search shifted,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

who was fumbling to make connections. Number one is expand, or aiming for more expansive dialogue. It helps you go beyond these polite greetings

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

And now they're more open to sharing about their own. Number two is overlap, or finding things in common. As human beings, we like to feel like we belong,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

I can tell you there are three things that all of us should consider. Number one, find or build yourself a tribe of like-minded individuals

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

or a group of individuals who enjoy walking in nature. Number two, create monthly wellness goals and share them with your tribe.

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

One or two small changes and realistic expectations will do. And number three, celebrate your success.

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

that's great, but that's almost never the case. The thing, number one, is to complete the stress response cycle. You can exercise if that works for you.

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

to show people that middle schoolers can redefine masculinity. Now number one, confidence is essential to teach in middle school. Students are exploring their identities,

3 Skills Every Middle School Boy Needs | Jerome Hunter | TED · TED

At least three stable relationships. That was the magic number. Think about it.

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

These barber-doctor partnerships resulted in a 20 percent increase in the number of men who were able to achieve target blood pressure levels

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

This headache had been going on for a number of years, and this particular episode was very, very troubling.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

We pay doctors and hospitals usually for the number of services they provide, but not necessarily on how healthy they make you.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

Well, when we feed in a word into a neural network, each of the little neurons computes a number. Those little numbers I'm representing here with colors.

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

Those little numbers I'm representing here with colors. So every neuron computes this little number, and those numbers tell us something

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

Similar to when we look at reviews online, and we can both look at the total number of stars at places, but also we can look more in detail at the positive and negative reviews,

What if AI Could Spot Your Lies? | Riccardo Loconte | TED · TED

I like these definitions but to me they miss a number of ingredients first while transitions clearly involve

Superpower

This is probably the most famous one I hallucinated. There are a number of theories of humor that could explain this cartoon. There's the superiority theory.

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

of change number one answer fear how can I get through this how can I pay

Accept

survive in the outside world number two answer sadness I miss my loved one I'm sad I can't walk anymore

Accept

(Applause and cheers) People like Elon have a p(doom) number. That's the probability AI is going to wipe us out.

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

OK, if you've used ChatGPT, you sort of get the idea now. Put a number of examples like this. Put it in the prompt window.

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

because he was getting ready to be transferred to hospice care. But we recommended this number-one drug from our platform, and amazingly, it saved his life.

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

Mary, a supplier from my hometown, now provides us 10,000 times the number of bags of beans than she provided to us in 2012.

The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches — Every Day | Wawira Njiru | TED · TED

And for Black males ages 14 to 25, violence is the number one cause of death. As this crisis has worsened in cities,

The Grassroots Movement Transforming Public Safety | Aqeela Sherrills | TED · TED

A lot of people are suffering, but do we want to vastly increase the number of people that have to go through that hardship and suffering,

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

had a prediction about solar capacity in 2040: 840 gigawatts. Well, this year we've already tripled the number that they predicted for 15 years from now.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

The reality was 15 percent per year. And when you compound a number like that, it makes quite a difference.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

and improving energy efficiency. Mexico City's air pollution problem dropped from number one in the world to 999.

The Best Way to Lower Earth's Temperature — Fast | Daniel Zavala-Araiza | TED · TED

course no matter how much we do or how quickly we do it the number of hours in each day Remains the Same

Timekeeping

the zenith or what have you, of computation needs. That's problem number one, electricity and hardware. Problem number two is we ran out of data

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

That's problem number one, electricity and hardware. Problem number two is we ran out of data so we have to start generating it.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

and we’re in conversations with them. What's the number one issue they raise? This issue.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

That suggests a physically implausible scene. Evidence number two. Alright, what else can we learn?

How to Spot Fake AI Photos | Hany Farid | TED · TED

in place of human-produced music, and recently, an AI song hit number 48 in the German charts. In all these cases, AI music is competing with the songs it was trained on.

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

000 people a year globally that's more than half the number of people who die in traffic accidents

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that trained on licensed music. A number of other companies have done the same thing, and I founded Fairly Trained in order to highlight this fact,

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

looking at only the domains of the highest value for AI training, the number that was restricted via opt-outs or terms of service increased from three percent to between 20 and 33 percent.

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

Is it really the happy people that are grateful? We all know quite a number of people who have everything that it would take to be happy,

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

requires the combined work of a shocking number of people from all walks of life. Architects, biologists, designers, miners, goat herds,

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

So that life doesn't go by in one big blur, as it often does. Number three is: find the hidden masterpieces all around you.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

can tap into that sense of wonder and enrich our lives. Number four is: fake it till you feel it. By the end of the project, I was just in a thanking frenzy.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

in order to believe in ourselves. Number one. First, we need to see ourselves.

A 3-Step Guide to Believing in Yourself | Sheryl Lee Ralph | TED · TED

Because I believed. Number two. We've got to think.

A 3-Step Guide to Believing in Yourself | Sheryl Lee Ralph | TED · TED

And that has motivated me to expand my own toolbox. To understand number three, I want you to picture yourself at a campfire.

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

to go on this journey with me. And number four, just think about how often we've been boxed in by false choices.

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

Learn about their experiences and their recommendations for the future. Number two, change your language. And to be clear,

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

Change the way you describe leadership. And number three, hold yourself accountable. Train yourself up on these skills.

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

but going to the website of an effective charity and entering my Visa number still just didn't feel like enough.

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

So here are a couple of sample questions. Number 12: If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

what would it be? Number 28: When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

As you can see, they really do get more personal as they go along. Number 30, I really like this one: Tell your partner what you like about them;

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

CA: Tell us about the growth, actually. You gave me a shocking number backstage there. SA: I have never seen growth in any company,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

How many people have departed, why have they left? SA: We have, I don't know the exact number, but there are clearly different views about AI safety systems.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

I remember when I wouldn't put my credit card on the internet because my parents had convinced me someone was going to read the number, and you had to fill out the form and then call them.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

because our thriving couples embody them and define them differently. Number one is attraction. For thriving couples,

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

“I’m into this version of you, now.” Number two is respect. Respect literally means to look again.

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

Thriving couples are both respectable and respectful. Number three is trust. We found that trust has two main pillars.

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

Think about the harmless DMs and likes. Number four is compassion, not empathy. If empathy is feeling with the other,

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

Global Leadership vacuum is is that right and why is this your number one risk this year it is I guess a lot of

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

structurally corrupt that the system is increasingly captured by a small number of incredibly wealthy and Powerful

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

last year's top risks report um we had Russia Ukraine as our number three risk and we said that Ukraine was uh going to

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

And it's only number two to fossil fuels when it comes to climate change.

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown · TED

How did we get to such a huge number? Jonathan Foley, an environmental

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown · TED

when you get sick of them, you can move on to number three, which is freeze your food.

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown · TED

Tell me, why did you decide that? CA: I put you first because there are a huge number of people, probably the large majority of, certainly the TED community,

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED