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Recent Examples of amountThe sheer amount the agency waived was staggering, records show.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2026 That staggering amount would translate into annual interest payments topping $6 billion.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2026 That resonated for me because the war on terror did a tremendous amount of damage to people, and those people have suffered in silence.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2026 This high salt content complicates conventional whey processing, while the combination of salt and a large amount of organic material also makes simply dumping the stuff a bad idea.—New Atlas,
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quantity
Noun
Ambitious mukbang-ers eager to prove their gastronomic stamina descended on Red Lobster locations across the country to consume absurd quantities of shrimp.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2026
For creators pitching Amazon, the executives stressed conviction over quantity.