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

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2
as in amount
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 quantity That means, if consumed in large quantities, green tea could lead to low iron levels over time.8 However, Peruvemba said matcha’s effects on iron levels are likely minimal for most healthy people. Sarah Garone, Health, 1 May 2025 The small fish are then eaten in large quantities by marine life, including sea lions and dolphins, poisoning them. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025 About a year ago, NoDa began using Carolina Malt in larger quantities, comprising 40% of the brewery’s entire usage and averaging orders of 8,000 pounds a week. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025 An exploding star, for example, blasts out huge quantities of material into space at exceedingly high speed. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantity
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Noun
  • While Sloan did not volunteer a hard dollar amount, a little back-of-the-envelope math based on legal filings and other financial documentation suggests that the RSNs and other in-market platforms may expect to lose a grand total of $60 million in ad revenue next season.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025
  • Then there’s all the gore, from beheadings to dismemberings to disembowelings, not to mention a fair amount of unclad flesh (all female, of course) and liberal helpings of verbal profanity.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Since there is a ton of debate about which of The Pitt’s supporting players will get primacy in the Emmys race, this early step forward for LaNasa is worth remembering.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 3 May 2025
  • There's not a ton of homework needed for this – most of the action is self-contained and most of the characters, B- and C-level MCU players, are explained on the fly.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • More than two dozen people were rescued Saturday during a record-breaking heat wave as temperatures climbed to the high 90s in parts of Southern California.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • Between 2017 and 2020, more than a dozen victims hired Randhawa to purchase airline tickets, paying him between $1,100 and $12,000 each, prosecutors said.
    Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • However, a large chunk (40,000 jobs) of last month’s layoff count can be attributed to plans tied to two major employers: UPS and Intel.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
  • But all of that is in peril this year as President Donald Trump’s disruptive tariff policies threaten to halt a big chunk of global trade.
    Zeyi Yang, Wired News, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The episode allowed the Emmy-winning Max series to finally pay homage to the world’s biggest comedy fest, which for decades was a talent incubator and industry summer camp where deals were struck and comics like Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer and Quinta Brunson were discovered.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 May 2025
  • That’s because the Treasury secretary keeps saying, there's going to be deals, there's going to be deals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • First and foremost, abundance means building housing.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • Yet bizarrely, the man who for decades has been a symbol of unapologetic American excess is now defending his tariff policies by making a case against abundance.
    The Editors, National Review, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • This nod of approval was true for all the shapes (and there’s a welcome wealth of variety here) that the Philips can create.
    Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2025
  • Moreover, Black single mothers who own businesses are five times more likely to own property and create generational wealth compared to those who do not.
    Essence, Essence, 9 May 2025
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  • Warren Buffett's life in pictures 1 of 43 Buffett discusses Berkshire’s cash pile Buffett addressed Berkshire sitting on hoards of cash.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
  • There was a two-and-a-half-hour wait in the sports hall for a nervous Campbell to be declared winner but observers of the count, held on a series of long tables by council staff and volunteers, had seen one pile of forms growing higher than the others.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 2 May 2025

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“Quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantity. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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