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volume

[vol-yoom, -yuhm] / ˈvɒl jum, -jəm /


NOUN
loudness of a sound
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Many comments on the video mention the high volume and irrelevance of their ads on Pinterest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Coroner Mary Hassell said he suffered a desaturation and respiratory arrest on 3 November 2024 which went unnoticed for about 30 minutes because the alarm's volume had been turned "too low to be usefully audible".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Affirm posts better-than-expected revenue and gross merchandise volume in its fiscal fourth quarter.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Bronson Cvijanovich, a former graduate student in the Department of Geology & Geophysics, noted that this is also about the same volume as the largest pyramid at Giza in Egypt.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

A big TV screen flickered, the volume turned down.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Daily trading volumes this past week ranked among their lowest levels of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

But equity-only put-call ratios remain bullish, as they continue to fall — meaning activity in bullish call options is rising relative to volumes in bearish put options.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

State-owned Prestwick Airport was also particularly busy with freight flights, seeing a near three-fold year-on-year increase in cargo volumes.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Until the 1980s, carpets were Kashmir's top export, but volumes have since steadily declined, with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East the latest blows to the trade.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

The first two volumes of Harper’s work, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, came out in 1899; the third volume was published in 1908, two years after Anthony’s death.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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