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 Then there are the galactic quantities of hubris that underpin the penultimate sentence. Jack Lang, New York Times, 16 May 2025 According to federal experts, fentanyl can be made cheaply and in large quantities in labs, and is far more potent than natural opiates like heroin or morphine. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 May 2025 The pressed duck will remain in limited quantities, with a return to the table-side presentation on rolling carts. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 The competitive advantage of a thoughtful AI rollout Companies that take a measured approach to AI adoption—prioritizing quality over quantity when selecting their initial document sets—will outperform those that flood AI with unstructured data. Stéphane Donzé, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantity
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Noun
  • The Corps, which is much smaller than the Army and Air Force, spends the least on bonuses and tends to spread the amount among a larger number of service members.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
  • Ingesting large amounts of magnesium through your diet or supplements may raise your risk for gastrointestinal side effects.
    Lindsay Cook, Health, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • After finishing third in the state and returning a ton of talent, though, the mindset has shifted.
    Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • White Sox fans can be forgiven for not having a ton of hope that things are really getting better for their team.
    Jared Wyllys, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • More than a dozen cancers are associated with obesity.
    Carla K. Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • Police then issued a search warrant at the suspect’s home, where the bodies of over a dozen dead cats were discovered, officials said.
    Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Noss estimates that 85 percent of species could be saved by simply protecting a sufficiently large chunk of each type of American ecosystem.
    Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 25 May 2025
  • As for rain, a large chunk of the middle part of the country will see wet, potentially stormy weather this weekend as a system moves through the Plains.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • And to celebrate the holiday, restaurants across the country have deals and freebies.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • The company also plans to acquire Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand Rhode in a deal worth up to $1 billion .
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Compared to Earth’s rocky mantle, the metallic core contains a slightly higher abundance of a particular isotope known as rubidium-100.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • This level of performance provides an abundance of processing power for a single PC.
    & Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Trump welcomes white South Africans as other refugees are halted Although apartheid rule ended long ago, the typical Black South African household has just 5% of the wealth of the typical White household, according to a 2024 study by researchers at The Africa Institute and the University of Zambia.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • Topics include earning passive income online, mastering communication and public speaking skills, acing your job interview, and practical strategies to grow your wealth.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Imagine spending $3,000 on Nvidia’s latest GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card only to unbox a pile of backpacks instead.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • And another with Putin’s head on top of a pile of poop.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 May 2025

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“Quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantity. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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