in quantity

idiom

: in amount or number of something

Production saw an increase in quantity.

: in large amounts or numbers

Blood cells are produced in quantity.

Examples of in quantity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Part of the difficulty in detecting contamination is that hydrocarbons left over from fuel are often too small in quantity to show up in tests on edible oil. —

Pei-Lin Wu, Washington Post, 11 July 2024 Moscow’s firepower exceeded Kyiv’s in quantity and, before the conflict began, in quality. —

Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2023 This traditionally involves consuming only one full meal and two smaller meals that, when combined, do not equal the full meal in quantity. —

Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024 As the strikes made clear, television in all its forms has finally peaked, in quantity if not quality. —

Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in quantity

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