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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
The best places to catch a large quantity of sizable trout are Lake Hattie and Twin Buttes, both of which are large enough for fishermen to spread out and offer good habitat for large fish.
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Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
The other challenge is to turn a natural fiber, where each field and each batch of fiber has its own particularities, into a fiber that will be homogeneous for every delivery and available in industrial quantities on a regular basis.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Increasing energy storage capacity is a simple matter of using a larger quantity of the solution.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
The state of Jalisco is the base of the cartel known for trafficking huge quantities of fentanyl and other drugs to the United States.
—CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
The other challenge is to turn a natural fiber, where each field and each batch of fiber has its own particularities, into a fiber that will be homogeneous for every delivery and available in industrial quantities on a regular basis.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Increasing energy storage capacity is a simple matter of using a larger quantity of the solution.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
The state of Jalisco is the base of the cartel known for trafficking huge quantities of fentanyl and other drugs to the United States.
—CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantity
Noun
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Because the engine can be controlled during flight, the system does not require the expensive thermal protection systems typically associated with extreme heat loads at hypersonic speeds.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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Steyer has loads of his own money to spend on TV ads.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When those galaxies form stars from their normal matter, the low amount of total mass means that most of the gas within those galaxies should get expelled, leaving only a small population of stars embedded within a relatively large amount of dark matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Women’s risk of heart attacks began to increase at 20% plaque burden, the amount of plaque in the arterial walls, while men’s rose at 28%.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The second-floor gym has Peloton bikes and tons of natural light.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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They’re also made with a grippy sole that provides a ton of traction across several kinds of terrain from airport floors to rainy city streets.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Employees at one of these newer concepts, Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings, fold untold dozens in front of customers.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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The city is doing the project in small chunks in hopes of minimizing impacts on businesses and has plans to partner with Noblesville Main Street and the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce to encourage residents to still visit the business during construction.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
3 Mar. 2026
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In the past year, experts predicted that sub-6% rates would be key to helping large chunks of would-be buyers afford homes — and believed that threshold wouldn't arrive until the end of this year or early 2027.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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The net retention percentage above 100% shows that customers are expanding their relationship with CrowdStrike and adding new security modules after their initial deal.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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Following talks in the Indian capital, the two countries’ prime ministers inked a deal deepening rare-earths cooperation, and pledged to double bilateral trade by the end of the decade.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Standout details included the cloud-like robes, abundance of towels, and—one of my personal favorites—a travel-sized bottle of Crest mouthwash.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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But thrift stores often have an abundance of candlesticks on their shelves, and the prices are usually rock bottom.—
Heather Bien,
Martha Stewart,
25 Feb. 2026
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Billionaire Larry Ellison helped lift his son’s deal with his vast wealth and ties to Trump and Republicans, exploiting regulatory uncertainty surrounding Netflix.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Abhisek, my personal butler, looked after my every requirement while offering a wealth of insight into local customs, food and architecture.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantity. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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