quantity
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However, the quantity of available lunar rock is limited, making similar geological formations on Earth especially useful for comparison.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
A few years ago, an experimental McDonald’s drive-thru system became convinced that two customers needed an almost ceremonial quantity of chicken McNuggets.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
This measures how much output the economy produces from a given quantity of labor and capital.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Brovdi says, “the question is only the availability of drones and the quantity of drones.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The mystery to me is that there’s not much worth stealing in the dry-storage room, at least not in any fenceable quantity: “Is Gyorgi here, and am having 200—maybe 250—catsup packets. What do you say?”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Because synthetic vanillin can be produced in large quantities, researchers believe it could be easier to incorporate into commercially manufactured medical products than some more expensive or difficult-to-source compounds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
It was 02:03 am on 26 September 2022 when the first blast severed part of the Nord Stream pipelines, sending vast quantities of gas gushing through the surface of the Baltic Sea.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Russia measures diesel quantities in tons; the volumes that Trump said it would provide over time amount to roughly 36 million barrels overall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Armed with LLMs capable of ingesting massive quantities of data, companies can fight back and more accurately model consumer behavior and deliver personalized results.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Still more sensitive experiments involving even larger quantities of matter will be needed to test them.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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The Number System
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40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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Expressions and Equations
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