Sentence:  These stores are still there , but the volume of the `` downtown store '' has been on a relative decline , while in <WSD>many</WSD> cities the suburban `` branch '' sells more and more dry goods . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number