quantities

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 Build a live, searchable directory of Lagos fashion capacity—minimum order quantities, lead times, specializations—and connect it to wholesale marketplaces and diaspora retail partners. Essence, 6 Nov. 2025 This tea contains caffeine, and drinking large quantities of it may cause side effects. Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2025 The line will roll out in limited quantities starting this fall, with future capsule releases planned. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025 This development offers a potential breakthrough for aviation decarbonization by using repurposing waste that is already available in large quantities. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025 Samsung makes the kind of high-performance memory Nvidia uses in large quantities, alongside its AI chips, called high bandwidth memory. Kif Leswing, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025 Despite rising walnut prices, relatively small quantities still fetch modest payments. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025 Cookware that shows up in super limited quantities usually feels gimmicky to me. Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025 The latest shipments represent much bigger quantities in a short space of time. Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Despite its striking color properties, researchers have struggled to study the pigment because it could only be extracted in tiny amounts from animals.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In 2023-24, Barca recognised a €135m impairment on the amounts due to them from the two €100m share sales, essentially accepting that the money would never arrive.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Qatar aims to have 11 million tons per year of CCS capacity in place by 2035.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Grating sections are approximately 5½ feet wide by 38 feet and about 5 inches deep, with each piece weighing about 2 tons.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Chicago O’Hare, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, Denver International and Dallas-Fort Worth also experienced dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays, FlightAware data shows.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The original location closed more than a dozen years ago.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The neck of his daughter's guitar pokes out above chunks of concrete.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Those two buyers went on to sell chunks of their stakes to Libero Football Finance, a German company, and NIPA Capital, based in the Netherlands.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Due to a nationwide internet shutdown it's been difficult to get information from the ground, but videos circulated by rights groups show piles of corpses and young protesters with bullet wounds.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • On the other, the ability for bad actors to exploit those ballooning piles of data has grown in tandem.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In a bid to deliver a quick turnaround, the new top executive initiated a plan to close hundreds of stores, or about 1% of its locations, in the United States and Canada.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The shutdown has resulted in the interruption of SNAP benefits for millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Learn more about what HBO Max offers, including pricing, catalog and special deals and bundles here.
    Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Furthermore, during high seasons, like Valentine’s Day, platforms are creating special bundles with products like vibrators and chocolates to highlight the offering.
    Emily Burns, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Quantities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantities. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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