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 The Moon’s south pole harbors substantial quantities of water ice concentrated on the floors of craters away from the reach of sublimating rays of sunlight. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026 Nigeria holds 26 of the roughly 60 minerals on the US critical minerals list in commercial quantities, Oduwole said, adding that Abuja’s condition for partnership is development and job creation on Nigerian soil, not raw material exports. Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 That distinction caught the attention of Ohio resident John Ream, a former aerospace engineer and home-brewing enthusiast who wants to distill small quantities of spirits at home for himself and his wife. Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Keep scrolling to check out my favorite finds below — quantities are limited, so don’t wait too long if something catches your eye. Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 Polybion, however, has not disclosed production quantities, order values or performance data for the applications. Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 There are certain quantities which describe a physical system which are very slowly varying, and some which vary extremely rapidly. Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026 Large quantities of gold have been smuggled out of the country to finance the RSF, which controls gold-producing areas in the Darfur and Kordofan regions, according to experts commissioned by the United Nations. Yasir Abdallah, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 For some time, Hadid has sold limited quantities of vintage jeans alongside her core sweater offering, with consistent success. Max Berlinger, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • If those loads would also have gone through a dryer, the savings grow even more.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
  • How to reduce water usage when doing laundry Only run full loads.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • The companies are targeting data centers, industrial facilities and other users that require large amounts of reliable power.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The immense gravitational influence of these black holes generates incredible amounts of friction in the accretion disk, causing the objects to glow brightly as AGNs.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The country plans to expand LNG capacity from 77 million tons per year to 142 million by 2030, and duplicating that infrastructure isn’t feasible.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Every year, more than 350 million tons of PET plastic waste are generated globally.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In my ideal world there would be dozens of essay collections by excellent writers (Choi is a poet) on culture and politics, technology and the evils of capitalism.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The letter says the signs will number about a dozen and will cost $7,000 each, or about $84,000 total.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The offense works best when running backs Kyren Williams and Blake Corum are gaining yardage in chunks, and McVay is calling plays that create space for receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams to make routine and sometimes spectacular catches.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick doubled down last night, posting security footage of the moment the chunks of ceiling suddenly fell to the floor.
    Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But large companies with cash piles and longer-term debt can avoid experiencing some of that pain in the near term.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • At the pupae stage, they can be easily sorted into piles of males and females.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The approach can potentially work with samples containing only tens or hundreds of atoms, dramatically reducing the amount of material required compared with conventional NMR.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Sports organizations invest hundreds of millions of dollars in recruiting children, Buckland says.
    Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As is the case with all Premium Subscriptions, bundles can be found throughout the Roku platform including within the Subscriptions Destination, Streaming Store and Premium Subscriptions Home.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Streamers are looking to boost their services by joining forces, creating offerings like the cable bundles of yore, and today marks Prime Video’s largest one yet.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Quantities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantities. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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