abundances

plural of abundance
as in loads
a considerable amount an abundance of flowers for the wedding grew up with an abundance of cousins

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Recent Examples of abundances Researchers detected high abundances of sodium, likely from icy brines within the original asteroid. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 Some samples from Jilin showed particularly high abundances of heavy rare earth elements compared to neighboring regions. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026 The ratio is also an important one because abundances of deuterium and hydrogen throughout the universe are thought to have been set during the Big Bang itself. Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026 According to the team, this means that having a dog in the house might shift the abundances of some mouth bacteria—potentially bacteria that might correlate with the adolescents’ psychological scores. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025 If this is the case, then the greater abundances of calcium and aluminum in the farther part of the circumplanetary disk should lead to a thicker crust for the lunar far side as compared to the near side. Big Think, 26 Nov. 2025 But if our models haven't treated abundances properly, the cooling time has likely been overestimated. Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025 The other study—an independent laboratory experiment—demonstrates how molecular hydrogen, a molecule essential for star formation, may have formed earlier and in larger abundances. ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abundances
Noun
  • The size and specialized nature of these loads can also create opportunities for carriers to take on new customers and routes.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Faster speeds generally mean a compromise in quality, multi-color 3D printers often waste some filament, and higher volume loads usually demand more hardware.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • While scaling back orders, Cabasse applauded suppliers’ increasing flexibility to work with smaller quantities, name-checking Gratacós and Dutel Creation as two examples.
    Ellen Groves, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • NeoteAI Another approach to scaling tactile data could be to piggyback on the vast quantities of visual robotics data already collected.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The company estimates that installed LNG capacity will need to reach 900 million tons per annum by 2035 to meet future demand.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And while their estimate of a billion tons of water is much higher than what's believed to exist, Elvis and McDowell say finding additional water could extend a large city's lifespan.
    Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Anthony Kwan / Getty Images file Legal concerns have led to the shutdown of dozens of civil society groups, including the alliance, which voted to disband in 2021.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Over 760,000 teenagers in dozens of countries took the Programme for International Student Assessment last year.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Photos released by the center showed chunks of ceiling material, dust and debris scattered across the red carpet.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Sebalt said funding for plumbing, sewage and enough street light poles for others to move in was sourced in small chunks and much too slowly.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Illinois is now tied with New Jersey for the highest property taxes in the nation, and raising commercial fair market values by hundreds of millions of dollars in a single year has told companies this is not a stable place to do business.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The company employs about 850 people, does hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure work around the Northeast, and is frequently Connecticut’s choice on big-ticket contracts to construct schools, rebuild highways or repair bridges.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Similarly the Rodon, (Jayden) Bogle, Aaronson deals — all those guys took months to finish.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Mubadala has invested more than $20 billion in China across more than 100 deals since 2015.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Lining the approach to the gate, there was an embarrassment of new undergarments, towering piles of briefs and T-shirts.
    Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • When snow piles deep in the upper reaches, animals have no choice but to migrate down, since their food sources are covered with snow.
    Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Abundances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abundances. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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