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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And so a business was born, slowly ramping up in quantity and vision over the past seven years.
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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
Moscow’s firepower exceeded Kyiv’s in quantity and, before the conflict began, in quality.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2023
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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
Moscow’s firepower exceeded Kyiv’s in quantity and, before the conflict began, in quality.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2023
See all Example Sentences for in quantity
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“In quantity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20quantity. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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