small quantity
Example Sentences
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A zeptojoule is an almost unimaginably small quantity of energy.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The Office for Product Safety and Standards said the kits present "a risk to health as the sand may be contaminated with a small quantity of asbestos".
From BBC • May 1, 2026
The amount of lumber available in cities is no small quantity.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
A relatively small quantity of aid has also been dropped by plane to people in Gaza.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024
Instead we ate a small quantity of dried abalone, and afterwards my brother Ramo climbed over the cliff.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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