1
as in loads
a considerable amount I wish you quantities of happiness in the New Year

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2
as in amount
a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter they prepared a huge quantity of mashed potatoes for the feast

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Recent Examples of quantity Then there are the galactic quantities of hubris that underpin the penultimate sentence. Jack Lang, New York Times, 16 May 2025 According to federal experts, fentanyl can be made cheaply and in large quantities in labs, and is far more potent than natural opiates like heroin or morphine. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 May 2025 The pressed duck will remain in limited quantities, with a return to the table-side presentation on rolling carts. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 The competitive advantage of a thoughtful AI rollout Companies that take a measured approach to AI adoption—prioritizing quality over quantity when selecting their initial document sets—will outperform those that flood AI with unstructured data. Stéphane Donzé, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantity
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Noun
  • Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow stretches of atmosphere that transport vast amounts of water vapor − like rivers in the sky.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Doctors have her that the baby, a male, has an unknown amount of fluid on the brain.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • But after crushing the Cavs and gaining a ton of experience last year, the Pacers see a path to getting eight more wins.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Every week, Netflix drops a ton of new content for viewers to stream from studios all over the world.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • More than two dozen people were rescued Saturday during a record-breaking heat wave as temperatures climbed to the high 90s in parts of Southern California.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • Flights remain suspended at over two dozen airports across northern and western regions of India.
    Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The city will rope off the chunk of Wall Price Keller Road linking Wagon Court and Ray White Road between May 25 and August 12 for construction.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
  • The stones came from Volyn Gems, the country’s only gem mine, which is still managing to unearth and bring to market sizeable chunks of topaz, quartz and heliodor beryl, despite much of the mainly male workforce being called up to the army.
    Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Keep scrolling to shop more deals during Wayfair’s early Memorial Day sale.
    Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 17 May 2025
  • Recent remake deals have been secured with major players including Nashe Kino in Russia, Athena in India, United King Films in Israel and Vertigo in Hungary.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • First and foremost, abundance means building housing.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • Yet bizarrely, the man who for decades has been a symbol of unapologetic American excess is now defending his tariff policies by making a case against abundance.
    The Editors, National Review, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Trump welcomes white South Africans as other refugees are halted Although apartheid rule ended long ago, the typical Black South African household has just 5% of the wealth of the typical White household, according to a 2024 study by researchers at The Africa Institute and the University of Zambia.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • This age gap, combined with wealth and influence, created a significant power imbalance.
    Lauren Hersh, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
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  • However, simply making the form available did not immediately clear the logjam, as servicers still had to wait for further guidance to process the pile of applications that had built up.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • By Sunday, Cole and his brother Devon were barbecuing in front of the pile of bricks that used to be his house.
    Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 19 May 2025

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“Quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantity. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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