1
as in ton
a considerable amount
we can only make money if we sell our goods in volume
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as in book
a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction
reissued the trilogy in a single volume
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Recent Examples of volume
Overall, search volumes appear to be up, which is one reason why Google revenues have continued to climb.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Google search volume for GLP-1 drugs generally increased by 9.5 percent over the past year among the 100 largest U.S. cities.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Barrel legs added volume to Sacai’s low-rise styles.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
The four communities agreed to split expenses using a weighted formula that considered each area’s population, geographic area, call volume and department staffing levels.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Google search volume for GLP-1 drugs generally increased by 9.5 percent over the past year among the 100 largest U.S. cities.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Barrel legs added volume to Sacai’s low-rise styles.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
The four communities agreed to split expenses using a weighted formula that considered each area’s population, geographic area, call volume and department staffing levels.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volume
Noun
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There’s been a ton of turnover on the pitching staffs of both teams, but the Dodgers brought in arms that were more toxic and less hittable.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Throughout the night, a ticker with the donation amount was periodically superimposed under speeches and shown on a screen behind Bargatze.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Just below that is a donation option, with amounts ranging from $25 to as much as $100,000.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Additionally, a tote that can hold a laptop is a must in our book these days for working on the go.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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Wiersma and her multi-generational co-authors— banker Chantal Korteweg, veterinarian Lidewij Wiersma and management trainee Tessel van Willigen—had gathered for a stop on their book tour at Bibliothèque, a wine bar in SoHo in New York City.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The company was also finding ways to increase overall storage capacity with existing hardware as well as providing new hardware with greater storage capacity in the same rack space.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In a test setting, the fluid enabled a battery pack to be charged from 10% to 80% capacity in under ten minutes.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And only recently, new large language models in artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, promise to greatly expand our ability to manipulate and employ enormous quantities of data.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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The project demands about 500,000 cubic meters of concrete and 80,000 tons of steel – material quantities that dwarf most construction projects globally.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Read on for an exclusive bonus chapter from the paperback edition of The Favorites.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Today, Vintage publishes the trade paperback edition.—
Paul Slovak
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their upstairs room full of antique tomes provides panoramic views of the historic statehouse and its statue of former governor William Goebel, who was assassinated on the grounds in 1900.—
Robin Roenker,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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Instead, deaf viewers see unsynchronized plain white text on a black background and it is left to their imagination to infer those rich and nuanced character tomes essential for storytelling that hearing audiences take for granted.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Volume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volume. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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