quantity
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"The wavefunction is a fundamental quantity in quantum mechanics, yet it cannot be directly observed or measured," explains Professor Stefan Mathias at the University of Göttingen.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Peter Hyman, a former adviser to both Tony Blair and Keir Starmer when in Downing Street, said the success of Burnham's early digital output was about "quantity as well as quality".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The chain currently sells a small pizza, but the Domino boosts the quantity of toppings and comes with a savory Parmesan crust, Jordan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Domino’s already sells a small pizza, but the Domino boosts the quantity of toppings and comes with a savory Parmesan crust, Jordan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
And then she smiled at him, and said, "Mother says that rice pudding in sufficient quantity will help to stave off chills and colds and other autumnal ailments."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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Instead of exposed ice, they resemble sprawling fields of loose rock, while potentially concealing large quantities of ice below the surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
But the gas that’s released in larger quantities is methane, which forms underwater as plants and algae break down and then bubbles to the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
And, because phosphate is a low-value commodity, vast quantities must be dredged to make operations viable, she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Kiarie explains that women have been finding small quantities of alluvial gold along the same seasonal riverbed for years, typically earning $8-$23 a week.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The central limit theorem states that under a wide variety of circumstances this will always be the case—averages and sums of nonnormally distributed quantities will nevertheless themselves have a normal distribution.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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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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