in quantity

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1
: in amount or number of something
Production saw an increase in quantity.
2
: in large amounts or numbers
Blood cells are produced in quantity.

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The calabash of poi is always full; there is also meat; water in quantity, coffee and bread sometimes, wine or beer never. Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 The highest quality and most expensive prints printed in small numbers to maintain quality will survive in quantity. Andrew Raftery, The New York Review of Books, 31 May 2026 Missiles cost tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, are limited in quantity and can be overkill for a quadcopter drone that costs less than a laptop. Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026 Both are agricultural products grown in special places and are rare in quantity, but very high in quality. Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in quantity

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“In quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20quantity. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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