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volume

[vol-yoom, -yuhm] / ˈvɒl jum, -jəm /


NOUN
loudness of a sound
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UPS launched a “pretty big transformation of our company” that involved halving Amazon’s volume, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Sporting events make up a large portion of the business: In June and July alone, sports trading volume on Kalshi was more than $58 billion, and on Polymarket it was nearly $22 billion, Pew found.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

But these interactions are so rare that the observatory needed an enormous volume of clear ice.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Once arrests began, hospital staff noticed an immediate change in patient volume.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Yes, she did. And all the other poems in that volume, too.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Volvo Car withdrew its 2026 guidance, which previously called for a slight decline in retail volumes and breakeven free cash flow, due to further deterioration in China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the last years of his life, there were several volumes of The Clifton Chronicles: detailing the turbulent life of former dockworker, Harry Clifton.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the first six months of this year, Lamu port handled double the cargo volumes it did in all of 2025, according to manager Abdulaziz Mzee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Morgan Stanley’s Jonas noted that there is a “significant gap” in volumes at price points comparable to Chinese suppliers, even as legacy U.S. companies expand “adjacent” capacity for actuator components.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

I rattled off some more: “Pull out a hair....Sit the three thickest volumes of the encyclopedia on your tongue....Sleep all night with erasers up your nose....Wrap your mouth around the doorknob and slam it shut....”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli




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