quantities

noun

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

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2
as in amounts
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 quantities Bad-for-you fats are pretty hard to obtain in dry, low weight at high quantities, so you’re backed into eating good-for-you fats anyway. — Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026 Some people even enjoy minute quantities as a recreational drug. — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 All quasars involve supermassive black holes surrounded by vast quantities of material upon which the black holes feed. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The Air Jordan 17 Retro Low SP Metallic Silver is scheduled to be released in limited quantities on April 12 for a retail price of $245 from Nike’s Snkrs app and select Nike Nbhd retailers. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026 Photons can carry enormous quantities of information at high speed while generating far less resistive heating along the way. — New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026 Investigators allege that Abbatiello and Robinson were the main suppliers for the criminal organization, making regular trips to Philadelphia and New York for large quantities of cocaine. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 The two made regular trips to Philadelphia and New York for large quantities of cocaine, investigators said. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 The system could also help operators identify changes in material quantities without having to rely as heavily on manual measurements. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantities
  1. loads
  2. amounts
  3. tons
  4. dozens
  5. chunks
  6. piles
  7. hundreds
  8. bundles
Noun
  • The team must improve the fabrication process, scale up the laser power, and determine whether the ceramic waveguides can maintain their optical performance under much higher loads.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The rocket planes tested reaction-control systems for maneuvering where the air was too thin for normal aerodynamic controls, while gathering data on heating, stability, structural loads, human performance and piloting techniques during reentry.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Today, Earth is being heated by massive amounts of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere, leading to a gradual rise in average global temperature.
    — Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Environmentalists and anti-AI activists argue data centers consume large amounts of water and energy, generate noise and electronic waste and create relatively few longterm jobs.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of amounts
Noun
  • Experts said it was most likely caused by a partial glacier collapse that sent tons of ice and rock crashing down into the valley below, setting off a powerful landslide.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • California wine has already been contending with declining demand and global oversupply issues, leading to downsizing, closures and disposal of tons of grapes.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • The Inwood Fire Department said dozens of cabanas were damaged or destroyed at the Sun and Surf Beach Club in Atlantic Beach.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In early August, dozens of vessels were waiting for their turn in the Panama Canal.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of dozens
Noun
  • Mayer didn’t have that opportunity in the majors, spending chunks of time at second (53 games), third (39) and shortstop (26).
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • At the time, spending on massive pensions for public employees — especially public-safety officials — was consuming larger chunks of the state budget and pushing localities to the brink of bankruptcy.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • The Town of Munster has enlisted help in getting residents dug out of the seemingly endless piles of debris from the August 11 derecho.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But her frustration piles up as her efforts to track the package down repeatedly fail.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • The toll is expected to rise, as hundreds of people are still missing, including foreign nationals from several countries.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • ReelShort has struck a deal with Indonesian streaming platform Vidio to bring hundreds of microdramas to local audiences, as well as co-produce new short dramas with Indonesian production houses.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • Fourteen-year-old Saira Sharma, Raghavaraju's longtime friend and neighbor, is one of the young volunteers helping prepare the cakes and bundles.
    — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Some MacBooks are more tailored toward college students, with the company offering specific deals and bundles specifically aimed at them.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of bundles

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“Quantities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantities. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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