Example Sentences

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Life insurers can plan around mortality rates, but it is hard to know when a bad year for hurricanes or wildfires will force property insurers to shell out huge quantities of cash to settle claims.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The deficits have been exacerbated by the war in the Middle East, which saw US allies expend huge quantities of air defence ammunition protecting sites in the Gulf.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

And it gathers real-time visibility into what every competitor sells, to whom, in what quantities, at what moments of the year.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

"The next step is to investigate whether the medication reaches the joints in sufficient quantities and actually reduces inflammation in the joints."

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

May we not call them the ghosts of departed quantities?

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