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 For the Prado, these puzzles are built for social media engagement, encouraging viewers to study details and quantities that our eyes would usually skim over, per Artdaily. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025 His new Digi-Key Corp. would purchase these reels, break the pack and sell parts in small quantities, first through a mail-order catalog several inches thick and then online. Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025 DeVore’s legal strategy during COVID-19 could be described as quantity over quality. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025 In fact, vitamin D is the only vitamin our bodies can synthesize in sufficient quantities just from exposure to energy from our planet’s vital star. Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantity
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Noun
  • For as much nature, there’s an equal amount of culture, too.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
  • To determine rankings, the study analyzed 100 cities for the amount of pollen, the number of specialists in the area and the amount of medicine used.
    Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Avocado makes a ton of great organic sleep products, particularly its Green Mattress and Eco Mattress Topper.
    Nena Farrell, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The tiny pup has been spotted meeting tons of celebs, including Demi Moore and her tiny dog, Pilaf, Powell's Twister costar Daisy Edgar-Jones and more.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • More than a dozen high-quality studies have since found no evidence of a link between childhood vaccines and autism.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • With an enrollment of over 45,000 students, FSU offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs across more than a dozen colleges.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Mitchell spent a chunk of the game defending Hawks star guard Trae Young, limiting him to just two field-goal attempts while guarding him for six minutes of game clock, according to NBA tracking stats.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Horned Frogs had a multitude of players like Bud Clark, Avery Helm, Vernon Glover, Major Everhart and more than that missed significant chunks of time during the spring.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The downgrading of the talks comes at a critical time, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Washington could walk away if there was no progress on a deal soon.
    Elizabeth Piper, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Sign up for the Defense and National Security newsletter President Trump, Rubio and Vice President Vance have turned up the pressure on both Russia and Ukraine, warning that if substantial progress on a peace deal does not materialize soon, the U.S. could walk away from ceasefire negotiations.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There is also an abundance of in-person events, both regionally and nationally.
    Kody Boye, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Psychologists have long studied the difference between scarcity and abundance mindsets.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Trump argues his tariff policy will generate vast wealth for the country, allowing tax rates to drop even further.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
  • While the East African nation of Uganda is home to a wealth of iconic creatures spanning from the forest elephant to the sitatunga to the okapi, few native animals can match the intrigue of the eastern chimpanzee.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Learning that medical options for managing the condition are limited to hormonal drugs and surgery just piles onto the disappointment.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That didn’t bother Robinson, who is an hobbyist diver and had already done a dive visit to the site before acquiring the sunken pile of rusty iron.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantity. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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