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 Geothermal is capable of providing significant quantities of energy. Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025 Eventually, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese emerged as additional categories as the German wine Prädikat classification system, which indicates sugar quantity at harvest, was developed. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025 There is no specific guideline on the quantity of chia seeds to eat per day. Joy Emeh, Health, 5 Oct. 2025 Limited quantities are available per store. Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantity
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Noun
  • To fix these problems, smart grid systems now use advanced energy management tools to balance power loads in real time.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Its presence becomes obvious when a data center project is delayed because a transformer cannot be delivered on time, or when utilities cannot build transmission lines quickly enough to support new computing loads.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bulb lasagna avoids this by packing an impressive amount of successive blooms into a small space.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Medicare premiums are expected to rise by a near record dollar amount next year and eat a chunk of the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) older Americans may receive.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine’s special forces claimed that the pumping station has an annual capacity of 50 million tons.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Some 187,000 tons of food aid has been positioned in neighboring countries awaiting Israeli permission.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Every color, or frequency, can carry its own stream of information, allowing dozens of signals to travel side by side without interference.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
  • At least a half-dozen people described an emotional seesaw they were put through by weeks of contradictory UPS tracking updates about their shipments.
    Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 10 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
  • The Israeli government approved the historic deal to end the conflict in Gaza.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The talks may not result in a final deal, but at present Coinbase appears to have the inside track over Mastercard.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After all, their lives depend on the amount of rain, the abundance of acorns, and whether the Department of Homeland Security dynamites mountains to build a wall, shrinking their habitat in the process.
    Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Expansive glazing ensures the living quarters receive an abundance of natural light while affording sweeping ocean views.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 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 13 Oct. 2025.

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