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quantity

[kwon-ti-tee] / ˈkwɒn tɪ ti /


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Although the amount released by one person may seem small, the combined output of billions of people adds up to an enormous quantity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Where revenue or regulatory compliance depends on a measured quantity, companies should disclose how their instruments trace back to a national standard and state a margin of error.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Add the cheesy chicken cutlet, then pile on an almost unreasonable quantity of fresh arugula.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Obviously the quantity of words is easier to assess than the quality.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

So a few minutes of arc is a very small quantity to measure—especially without a telescope.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests that chemical reactions between rocky pebbles and the hydrogen-rich atmosphere of the young Earth could have produced enormous quantities of water.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

As it stands, Gerra said it’s likely there are low-level shipments of the chips going into warehouses in Asia, with some quantities waiting for Chinese customers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

But the central region of Magway hosts a hardscrabble industry of domestic prospectors manning grimy derricks that squelch up crude oil in humble quantities.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

Yet the quantities their numbers express—measured in barrels, kilowatt-hours, milligrams—rest largely on trust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The Department of Agriculture’s Yearbook for 1952, devoted entirely to insects, recognizes the fact that insects become resistant but says, “More applications or greater quantities of the insecticides are needed then for adequate control.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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