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reams

  • plural
    of ream.
    ream
    noun
    a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets printer's ream, or perfect ream.
  • present tense form
    of ream (3rd person singular).
    ream
    noun
    a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets printer's ream, or perfect ream.

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To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to work in those countries.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

If it’s an entry-level or junior role that’s likely to receive reams of applications, Fell said a candidate could skip a letter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

In late 2023, Tesla pivoted to an AI-based system similar to Wayve’s, where driving decisions are made by a model—akin to those behind chatbots such as ChatGPT—trained on reams of driving videos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Those ideas were made manifest in lavish PR material conjuring up fantastical landscapes that attracted reams of coverage that mingled awe and derision.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Every fourteen seconds Wierzbicki reams a bearing and Stephanides grinds a bearing and O’Malley attaches a bearing to a camshaft.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides