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 What triggered the massive quantities of gas-rich water to explode at the surface of Lake Nyos? Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 But Mehta said showing consumers a higher quantity of ads and incentives doesn’t mean as much as connecting with the consumer in a meaningful way. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025 More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 In May, the country’s Lynas Rare Earths firm also became the first company outside China to produce commercial quantities of dysprosium oxide, one of the most important heavy rare earths elements, the think tank said. John Liu, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantity
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Noun
  • The Silos’ Food Truck Park also offers a range of local vendors with loads of meals and drinks to enjoy all day long.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Choose storage with wheels This trunk with wheels can be moved depending on needs; plus, with all its ample room, it can be filled with loads of extra clothes and necessities for the home, like paper towels and toilet paper rolls, until they are needed inside the house.
    Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The administration is seeing a surprising amount of progress toward the goal of closing the agency, Hess said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Other examples of bringing Latin artists onto mainstream stages have come with an unnecessary amount of controversy, even decades later.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 8,100-ton HMS Agamemnon successfully submerged near BAE Systems’s facility in Barrow, Cumbria.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In the first five months of the war, Israel dropped more than 25,000 tons of explosives on Gaza, which, the UN noted in a 2024 report, is equivalent to two nuclear bombs.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In subsequent years, numerous presidents screened dozens of movies each.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • About a dozen Coast Guard officers stood watch over the protesters, after an altercation earlier in the morning.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Venture capital performance may be measured in ten-year chunks, but only an elite club of firms can claim to have stayed consistent—let alone functional—for anywhere close to that timeframe.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Among them was a hip bone graft to cover a chunk of bone that was ripped off in one bite from the bear.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Invest in better sleep today by shopping Wayfair’s bedding sale, and keep scrolling for more of our favorite deals.
    Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Christopher Scholtes accepted a plea deal that carries a sentence of 20 to 30 years in prison.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hassett noted that Australia has one of the best mining economies in the world, while praising its refiners and its abundance of rare earth resources.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But his claim that America will have an abundance of the critical minerals in just one year’s time may be a fantasy.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • During an appearance on Simon Sinek’s podcast, A Bit of Optimism, Galloway shared his philosophy on money and happiness, arguing accumulating wealth beyond a certain threshold brings no additional fulfillment.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • People had been living in the houses before they were moved, people who had to be relocated and then lost the generational wealth that was in the properties.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantity. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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