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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
According to editor Geoff Wisner, Civil War Diaries includes 45% more material than the 1952 volume—which was reissued in 1963 for the centennial of the war—covering the same 1860–1865 period.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Apr. 2026
The ambition now is not volume.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
In an afternoon of little statement moments for the Avs, that one spoke volumes.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
The class was a little light on volume (only two top-100 picks) and trench heft, though, so Washington still has work to do around Jayden Daniels.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Apr. 2026
The ambition now is not volume.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
In an afternoon of little statement moments for the Avs, that one spoke volumes.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
The class was a little light on volume (only two top-100 picks) and trench heft, though, so Washington still has work to do around Jayden Daniels.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volume
Noun
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The Stars, at least, have had a ton of power-play success, with nine goals so far.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Patrick, your recent comments about the liberation of paying off your student loans have gotten a ton of traction online.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There is no small amount of homoeroticism in these pictures, for instance.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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This is a good quarterback room that should be able to keep the ship afloat if Prescott misses a small amount of time.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The list of notables the Showcase has presented over the years could fill a book — though the club’s North Star was always Segal’s beloved bebop.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Buy a copy of the Orlando Sentinel’s 150th anniversary book with 150 front pages from our 150 years.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s East-West Petroline pipeline is operating near its 7 million-barrel-per-day capacity, with expansion plans under review.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Leland Dudek is former acting commissioner of Social Security, writing in his personal capacity.—
Leland Dudek,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Engineers can simulate movements, loads, and environmental conditions before real deployment.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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However, there are moments of reprieve between loads of clothes, sheets, and towels.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
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Inventory at the Statesmen Market primarily depends on what the Greater Chicago Food Depository has to offer, but there is an online system for Kennedy-King to order select items and quantities from the pantry’s warehouse.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mining generates large quantities of toxic waste and wastewater containing heavy metals, acids and radioactive residues.—
Abraham Nunbogu,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Night Action was printed in hardcover in the US 1966, and then again as a paperback a year later, but has since fallen out of print, and out of memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The pulpy setup befits a paperback crime thriller but is infused with some self-aware marital satire.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Evans also suggests Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young for anyone looking to sink their teeth into a 1,300-page tome.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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Whitney, a formidable collector of vintage tomes and 19th- and 20th-century European painting, inherited many of the items in his rare book collection from his mother, the poet Helen Hay Whitney.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Volume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volume. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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