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quanta

noun

plural of quantum

as in amounts

a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter the sum of human knowledge is now so immense that even a highly educated person can hope to absorb only a tiny quantum of it

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As an independent expenditure committee, Unidos Con Karen Bass is allowed to raise campaign donations in unlimited amounts.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Tech companies are borrowing huge amounts of money from investors, in the form of bonds, crowding out demand for other debt, including Treasuries.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

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The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Estimators spend scarce hours manually measuring quantities that software could calculate while higher-value judgment calls wait behind them.

— Shiva Dhawan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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