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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
While third-quarter earnings grew 2.1% over the same period last year, beer sales fell about 3.1% by volume, thanks largely to economic woes in China, where revenues sank 16% in just three months.
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Byvivienne Walt, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
According to figures compiled by Statista, the U.S. Postal Services has experienced a year-on-year decline in mail volume every year since 2006.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Though the volume of regulations is both a cause and symptom of our economic stagnation, reformers should focus on reducing ...
—Jack Salmon, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
In 2023, China accounted for 98 percent of North Korea’s official trade volume.
—Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Byvivienne Walt, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
According to figures compiled by Statista, the U.S. Postal Services has experienced a year-on-year decline in mail volume every year since 2006.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Though the volume of regulations is both a cause and symptom of our economic stagnation, reformers should focus on reducing ...
—Jack Salmon, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
In 2023, China accounted for 98 percent of North Korea’s official trade volume.
—Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Who makes the best tamales in Phoenix? Metro Phoenix is home to tons of Latin American restaurants.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Fin whales are the second-largest whale species, according to NOAA Fisheries, and fully grown can reach up to 85 feet long and weigh between 40 tons and 80 tons.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average amount of time employers can expect wage and salary workers to stay is 3.9 years, the lowest it’s been since 2002.Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The amount remaining from the $1 million prize is $870,536.Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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Kindle books of course, but also a dozen podcasts, a few Spotify playlists, an offline movie or two in Netflix or Amazon.David Pierce, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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For the second book, Panama was always on our possible list.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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Many of us in business recognize the capacity of AI to enhance our work, boost our productivity and drive us to new heights of innovation.Vidya Plainfield, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Uncaged Innovations is scaled up for full roll-to-roll production of Elevate through a partner factory in New York that can produce more than a million square meters of material a year, and has two additional factories lined up to increase capacity.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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What’s more, doing so resulted in no measurable change in fruit size or total quantity.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Also, most commercial recipes make enormous quantities and scaling them down for a home kitchen isn't always practical.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Ed Park's novel 'Same Bed Different Dreams,' now out in paperback, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction.The Week US, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
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The book will be re-released this November in paperback.Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
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Co-authoring a tome with Patterson has become something of a status symbol among a certain A-list milieu; unsurprisingly, he’s been flooded with offers.Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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There’s a cavernous sublevel housing the Radical Media Archive, which houses more than 2,000 rare and historical books, magazines and posters from the counterculture era of the ’50s to the ’80s, as well as contemporary tomes on graphic designs and photography.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
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More than a dozen Santa Clara alumni and other community leaders served as Opus Prize jurors, and 16 SCU students, faculty and staff members were ambassadors who joined on site visits to the prize finalists.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Shakira, Bad Bunny, Anitta and Karol G are among the more than two dozen artists nominated for the biggest awards of the night — record of the year, album of the year and song of the year.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Volume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volume. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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