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

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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 Due to high demand and limited quantity, each guest can purchase up to four items only. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025 As mentioned before, Angel’s Envy 10 Cask Strength will be available starting October 10 (SRP $250) in limited quantities at select retailers and the Angel’s Envy Distillery in Louisville. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2025 If the quality of Rodon’s chances can be improved and the quantity of Struijk’s upped, set pieces can be one of their key routes to survival this term. Beren Cross, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Hershey’s also produces a few other Halloween heavy-hitters in similarly staggering quantities, churning out 25 million Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and 70 million Hershey’s Kisses a day. Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantity
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Noun
  • This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Same question, loads of responses.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But again, watch the amount of guys running to the football, tackling when Justin (Fields) was checking it down in late, in a fourth quarter, of a game.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
  • According to research by Groundwork USA, a national network of environmental nonprofits, the amount of rainfall during intense precipitation events in the Midwest has increased by 42% since 1956.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Below, shop the best 52 deals on crossbody bags, cordless vacuums, throw blankets, and tons of other finds starting at $14.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In central Wyoming on Wednesday, the government will sell 440 million tons of coal next to NTEC’s Antelope Mine.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • Leslie Cheek’s formerly private estate opened as a public garden and fine art center in 1960 and today is host to nearly a dozen gardens surrounding the family’s Georgian mansion, which has become a museum.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For instance, in Washington state, dozens of public health workers could be affected by the shutdown.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Having spent large chunks of the past year digging out from under an avalanche of derision, Stevenson has also tasted the spoils of success with the Bears, a two-time NFC Defensive Player of the Week honoree who, in the past two games, has shown flashes of what his best football looks like.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The bigger issue is that the Ravens, while losing games, have also lost a good chunk of their star talent on both sides of the ball to injuries.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Corley's franchise deal includes at least 10 locations in Kentucky.
    Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Be sure to check back every week for the top deals from new stores.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities determined the package was not explosive but detonated it out of an abundance of caution, a USU spokesperson told Newsweek in an email Tuesday evening.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Only with today’s machines and technology do scientists stand a chance of keeping up with life’s abundance.
    Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But in addition to his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was also a con man, a skilled liar who came from a family of actors and who over the course of his life manipulated and tricked countless people to maintain wealth and status.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Without competent economic statecraft and public policy, Africa’s private sector cannot create wealth for more than a handful of elite entrepreneurs.
    Kingsley Moghalu, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantity. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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