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as in loads
a considerable amount
I wish you quantities of happiness in the New Year
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantity
Noun
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Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow stretches of atmosphere that transport vast amounts of water vapor − like rivers in the sky.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Doctors have her that the baby, a male, has an unknown amount of fluid on the brain.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Noun
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But after crushing the Cavs and gaining a ton of experience last year, the Pacers see a path to getting eight more wins.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Every week, Netflix drops a ton of new content for viewers to stream from studios all over the world.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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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
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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
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The city will rope off the chunk of Wall Price Keller Road linking Wagon Court and Ray White Road between May 25 and August 12 for construction.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2025
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The stones came from Volyn Gems, the country’s only gem mine, which is still managing to unearth and bring to market sizeable chunks of topaz, quartz and heliodor beryl, despite much of the mainly male workforce being called up to the army.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Get 10% Off With Today’s Home Depot Promo Codes and Spring Offers Home Depot coupons and deals tend to ramp up in Spring, when people start refreshing their house and backyard, with deals of up to 50 percent on patio furniture, bath, mattresses and area rugs for Spring Decor Days.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
17 May 2025
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Fried earned the largest chunk of the money that was allotted for Soto, signing an eight-year, $218 million deal as the Yankees boosted their rotation.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
Noun
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First and foremost, abundance means building housing.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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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
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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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The couple had three more children — daughters — and Livy’s seemingly bottomless wealth supported him.—
Mary Ann Gwinn,
Los Angeles Times,
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
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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 21 May. 2025.
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