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quantity

[kwon-ti-tee] / ˈkwɒn tɪ ti /


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Although the amount released by one person may seem small, the combined output of billions of people adds up to an enormous quantity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Each transaction begins with a quantity that should be checkable and checked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Once everything has developed some color, stir in a brown or mushroom gravy packet, a splash of stock and a generous quantity of frozen mixed vegetables.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

“We’ve oriented the market to expect something great and new to watch every week, so we have to deliver on quality and quantity always,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

It was relatively small, weighing perhaps six hundred or seven hundred pounds, but it nevertheless amounted to a huge quantity of meat.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

China hasn’t imported the chip in large quantities while it attempts to boost its domestic semiconductor industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

While solar and wind power are being produced in growing quantities, ageing grids and a lack of storage sometimes mean those sources cannot be used as efficiently as they could be.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Limited quantities of gas continued to flow through it until it was shut down in January 2025, well into the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Unlike conventional technologies, which require increasing amounts of space and energy to handle growing quantities of data, skyrmions could offer a much more efficient alternative.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

In other experiments, when small quantities of liquid water were present, the microbes actually grew.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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