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quantity

[kwon-ti-tee] / ˈkwɒn tɪ ti /


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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

It offers what is there, in the quantity there is.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

As part of the occasion to honour their achievement, they both stepped on to weighing scales to establish the quantity of tomatoes they would each be given.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Sorbitol was consumed in the largest quantity of any individual sweetener, with an average daily intake of 64 mg/day.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Among other things the law justifies is the experimenter’s belief that the average of a bunch of measurements of some quantity should approach the true value of the quantity as the number of measurements increases.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Amazon is ordering large quantities of older books, scanning them to train AI models and “destroying them in the process.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Sector-wise, retail trade lost 19,000 jobs, with employment declining in warehouse retailers -- firms like Costco, Sam's Club and others that offer discounts for wholesale quantities of household goods -- and general merchandise stores.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

When those signs are absent, however, even enormous quantities of magma can remain undetected within Earth's crust.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Today, street vendors line Broadway, setting up place mats and selling small quantities of fruits and vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

And, indeed, he had either bought books in vast quantities or had had access to a remarkable library, for On the Magnet begins with the first systematic literature review.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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