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.
reams
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pluralof ream.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof ream (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
reamnouna standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets printer's ream, or perfect ream.
Example Sentences
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Our side, their side, gathered in a conference room, amid reams of spreadsheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The scaly beast looked curious as it walked atop the reams of vinyl at Manak’s bar, on the ground floor of Stones Throw’s offices, which take up half a block on Figueroa Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The agents also hallucinated reams of incoherent commands and text and were sloppy and did not cover their tracks well.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
She motioned to a boy standing behind the counter with his arms folded, near the reams of tissue paper and stacks of cardboard boxes.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
