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
Like coral reefs, these oyster reefs played crucial ecological roles, providing habitat and nurseries for many other species and filtering vast volumes of water.
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) sales increased 3% as currency and price/mix tailwinds were partially offset by a 1% headwind from cost pass-through dynamics and lower volumes driven by softness in the metals & mining , manufacturing , and chemicals & energy end markets.
—CNBC, 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
According to Feeding America, these organizations can purchase large volumes of food at wholesale prices and cover essential costs like transportation, storage, staffing and other things individual food donations can’t always help with.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
After three years of teasing, the fifth season of Stranger Things went into production at the start of 2024 and will finally be released soon in three volumes.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
Among the destinations that received some of these volumes were Bangladesh, India, Jordan and Egypt.
—Carved, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Metal manufacturing—with its record of high energy consumption, high volumes of water usage and high greenhouse gas emissions—is no doubt one of the more environmentally challenging industries.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) sales increased 3% as currency and price/mix tailwinds were partially offset by a 1% headwind from cost pass-through dynamics and lower volumes driven by softness in the metals & mining , manufacturing , and chemicals & energy end markets.
—CNBC, 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
According to Feeding America, these organizations can purchase large volumes of food at wholesale prices and cover essential costs like transportation, storage, staffing and other things individual food donations can’t always help with.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
After three years of teasing, the fifth season of Stranger Things went into production at the start of 2024 and will finally be released soon in three volumes.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
Among the destinations that received some of these volumes were Bangladesh, India, Jordan and Egypt.
—Carved, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Metal manufacturing—with its record of high energy consumption, high volumes of water usage and high greenhouse gas emissions—is no doubt one of the more environmentally challenging industries.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volumes
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All loads easier than wrangling an ungainly bird half the table doesn’t really much care for anyway (what?—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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The value of walnuts spiked last year after cratering in the years prior, but relatively small loads of walnuts still sell for modest prices.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Despite its striking color properties, researchers have struggled to study the pigment because it could only be extracted in tiny amounts from animals.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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In 2023-24, Barca recognised a €135m impairment on the amounts due to them from the two €100m share sales, essentially accepting that the money would never arrive.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 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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LaVert Murray Murray has worked for the Unified Government in varying capacities, including decades on its economic development team before becoming an advisor during Garner’s administration.—
Sofi Zeman
October 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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Laboratory testing capacities at the CDC and expert guidance to analyze local trends may also be hampered during the shutdown, experts say.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sleeper will have tons of ways to make picks and build entries for the World Series.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The head of the World Food Program in Cuba, Etienne Labande, said 617 tons of rice, beans and cooking oil were ready for distribution on the island.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cookware that shows up in super limited quantities usually feels gimmicky to me.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Oct. 2025
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The latest shipments represent much bigger quantities in a short space of time.—
Melissa Bell,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Jones, who was a regular on the NBC sketch series from 2014 to 2019, was one of the dozens of former cast members who descended on Studio 8H for the epic evening.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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The brand offers dozens of high-quality sheets in cozy, breathable fabrics at wallet-friendly prices.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Oct. 2025
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Due to a nationwide internet shutdown it's been difficult to get information from the ground, but videos circulated by rights groups show piles of corpses and young protesters with bullet wounds.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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On the other, the ability for bad actors to exploit those ballooning piles of data has grown in tandem.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Volumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volumes. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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