His car cost him upward of ten thousand dollars.

The average skilled workers now earn over $10,000 a year.

I can't live on ten thousand yen a month.

The plane climbed to an altitude of 10,000 meters.

What would you do if you had, say, ten thousand dollars?

Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine plus one is ten thousand.

"How d'ya write 'Himari'?" "Uh, the second character in 'sun,' and then the character that goes 'man.' Y'know, like ten thousand, twenty thousand and so on. Then the 'ri' part is the 'ri' with a grass radical." "'Ri' with a grass radical?" "Yeah, with the grain stalk radical and the sword part on the right" "Oh! From Jasmine!" "Jasmine?" "Nothing. Don't worry about it."