quantity
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In finance, the gold standard fixes a currency’s value against a specific quantity of a specific object.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Cleveland Police said a quantity of suspected WW2 ordnance was discovered and had been set alight, leaving one person with minor burns, as crews were called to Crimdon Dene beach, near Hartlepool, on Tuesday morning.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
"For microplastics researchers who have these impacted datasets, there's still hope to recover them and find a true quantity of microplastics," Clough said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Lichtenberg’s work helps Fortune scale the quantity of its output.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
We are newly arrived back at the sloop, having brung off a quantity of sheep and three cows.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing quantity
The Number System
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40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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Expressions and Equations
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