1
as in loads
a considerable amount
we can only make money if we sell our goods in volume
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2
as in amounts
a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter
produces great volumes of work each day
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3
as in books
a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction
reissued the trilogy in a single volume
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as in capacities
the largest number or amount that something can hold
state the barrel's volume in terms of gallons
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Recent Examples of volumes
The map displays the 40 airports required by the FAA to reduce flights, which are primarily major airports in large cities with high volumes of air traffic.
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Rob Wile, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2025
Because shares of passive funds are bought and sold as a full package, at enormous volumes, the stocks within the funds move up or down together — rather than because one company or industry is thriving or struggling.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025
Ironically, a day before the figures were released, Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc highlighted China’s export growth as a main factor in the ocean carrier’s projections that container volumes would grow 4 percent in 2025, ahead of a prior range of 2 percent to 4 percent.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
The episodes will be released in three volumes around three different holidays.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Danish shipping giant Maersk on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter operating profit and raised the lower-end of its full-year guidance, bolstered by increasing container volumes.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Like coral reefs, these oyster reefs played crucial ecological roles, providing habitat and nurseries for many other species and filtering vast volumes of water.
—JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Big Oil leaders Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Shell continue to hike their crude oil production volumes from West Texas’s Permian Basin to the Gulf of Mexico to deepwater Guyana despite concerns of a rising global oil glut as OPEC nations keep exporting more barrels each month.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
This was caused mainly by lower retail fuel margins that were partially offset by higher sales volumes.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2025
Rob Wile, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2025
Because shares of passive funds are bought and sold as a full package, at enormous volumes, the stocks within the funds move up or down together — rather than because one company or industry is thriving or struggling.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025
Ironically, a day before the figures were released, Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc highlighted China’s export growth as a main factor in the ocean carrier’s projections that container volumes would grow 4 percent in 2025, ahead of a prior range of 2 percent to 4 percent.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
The episodes will be released in three volumes around three different holidays.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Danish shipping giant Maersk on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter operating profit and raised the lower-end of its full-year guidance, bolstered by increasing container volumes.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Like coral reefs, these oyster reefs played crucial ecological roles, providing habitat and nurseries for many other species and filtering vast volumes of water.
—JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Big Oil leaders Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Shell continue to hike their crude oil production volumes from West Texas’s Permian Basin to the Gulf of Mexico to deepwater Guyana despite concerns of a rising global oil glut as OPEC nations keep exporting more barrels each month.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
This was caused mainly by lower retail fuel margins that were partially offset by higher sales volumes.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volumes
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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By then, California officials said people had already begun receiving their full benefit amounts, including in Sacramento County.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Alphabet shares are beating Meta Platforms shares by more than 40 percentage points year to date, for instance, with the disparity coming down almost entirely to investors' current level of faith in each company's smarts in deploying similar amounts of data-center capex.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Simply Winnie will debut June 2, 2026 and is available now for preorder, wherever books are sold.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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While Meghan hasn't had an acting role in eight years, she's been in front of the camera in other capacities.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Los Angeles International Airport, the world’s eighth-busiest airport that served more than 75 million guests in 2023, will be forced to cut its flight capacities starting Friday.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Qatar aims to have 11 million tons per year of CCS capacity in place by 2035.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Grating sections are approximately 5½ feet wide by 38 feet and about 5 inches deep, with each piece weighing about 2 tons.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Build a live, searchable directory of Lagos fashion capacity—minimum order quantities, lead times, specializations—and connect it to wholesale marketplaces and diaspora retail partners.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Nov. 2025
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This tea contains caffeine, and drinking large quantities of it may cause side effects.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Chicago O’Hare, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, Denver International and Dallas-Fort Worth also experienced dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays, FlightAware data shows.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The original location closed more than a dozen years ago.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Of course, the most popular picks among winter sports enthusiasts take them to the nation’s mightiest mountain ranges, with technique-testing terrain, breathtaking views, and piles of powder.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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His investing strategy has turned on an incessant search for value, with Berkshire Hathaway often sitting on giant piles of cash until just the right deal comes through.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Volumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volumes. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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