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 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, 10 Sep. 2026 Lush forests of giant club mosses and ferns produced bountiful quantities of organic matter. Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 In Nuwakot, riverside settlements including Trishuli Bazaar, Devighat, Betrawati and surrounding areas suffered damage, with homes swept away and large quantities of mud and debris deposited across communities. Justina Lee, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026 This particular difficult problem deals with differential equations, which express relationships between changing quantities. Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026 With its help, topologists come a step closer to their goal of finding suitable quantities to categorize different structures. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026 At present, lithium-ion batteries excel at short-term electricity storage (hours), but hydrogen can be stored in large quantities in underground salt caverns for months, balancing seasonal swings in renewable energy production. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 Federal prosecutors accuse Maduro of participating in a conspiracy that helped move massive quantities of cocaine into the United States by working with Venezuelan law enforcement officials to assist drug traffickers. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
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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
  • Maui could receive 2 to 4 inches, with locally higher amounts approaching 8 inches.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Experts say bodies of victims still contain considerable amounts of active virus and can spread infections further.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • China’s grain output reached a record 715 million tons in 2025, while national plans call for increasing comprehensive grain production capacity to about 725 million tons by 2030.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But by the end of the season, Bowen Byram and Power were eating tons of minutes together and helping lead the Sabres to the best record in the Atlantic Division.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 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
  • 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
  • Last June, the European Anti-Fraud Office found huge piles of textile waste—somewhere around 4,200 tonnes—illegally shipped from Italy to Turkey in order to avoid expensive recycling requirements.
    Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 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
  • Disney has begun putting some ESPN content on Disney+ and offers bundles combining ESPN, Disney+ and Hulu, aiming to boost overall streaming subscriptions and engagement.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The decor possibilities are endless with this set of eight artificial greenery bundles that mimic leafy fall shrubs.
    Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Quantities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantities. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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