quantity
noun
a particular or indefinite amount of anything.
quantities
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pluralof quantity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Limited quantities of gas continued to flow through it until it was shut down in January 2025, well into the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
If they had existed in perfectly equal quantities, virtually all matter could have disappeared, leaving no material to form stars, planets, or life.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Under this understanding, the oxygen content is determined by the quantities and electrical charge states of other elements in the molten rock, including silicon, magnesium, and iron.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Among the benefits, he liked that they could be bought in smaller quantities than buying direct, which can be helpful to individual investors, and that the management fees are minimal, usually around 10 basis points.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
In other experiments, when small quantities of liquid water were present, the microbes actually grew.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
