volumes

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Import volumes of petroleum from the Middle East plunged 67.2% in April from a year earlier, while those from the U.S. surged 38.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

To be sure, the market action in perpetual futures is still tiny compared to daily trading volumes in the U.S. equity market.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

The company has burned through huge volumes of investor cash and recently hired a chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, to help raise its own money.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“If the people that sit inches from her are rejecting her candidacy, that should speak volumes to every other voter in the city.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

To help the wine merchants out, Kepler chopped up the barrels—in his mind—into an infinite number of infinitely tiny pieces, and then added them back together again to yield their volumes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife