in quantity
idiom
1
: in amount or number of something
Production saw an increase in quantity.
2
: in large amounts or numbers
Blood cells are produced in quantity.
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The cyber insurance industry is maturing just as quickly as cyber threats are growing in quantity, scale and sophistication.
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Rita Gurevich, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
And so a business was born, slowly ramping up in quantity and vision over the past seven years.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2024
Native brush shall be reduced in quantity to three inches in height.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
Part of the difficulty in detecting contamination is that hydrocarbons left over from fuel are often too small in quantity to show up in tests on edible oil.
—Pei-Lin Wu, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
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Rita Gurevich, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
And so a business was born, slowly ramping up in quantity and vision over the past seven years.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2024
Native brush shall be reduced in quantity to three inches in height.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
Part of the difficulty in detecting contamination is that hydrocarbons left over from fuel are often too small in quantity to show up in tests on edible oil.
—Pei-Lin Wu, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
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“In quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20quantity. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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