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volume

[vol-yoom, -yuhm] / ˈvɒl jum, -jəm /


NOUN
loudness of a sound
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The Postal Service has mostly ensured the timely delivery of hundreds of millions of ballots, even as mail volume overall has dropped 50% from its high in 2006.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

“In a true kissa or a well-kept basement bar, the first thing you feel is not volume; it’s presence,” Mercer writes.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

A single volume holding all of it would simply fall apart.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In volume terms, retail sales were also up 1.2% for the month and 1.8% above a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Ohh nooo,” I breathed as the volume in the cafeteria went down.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Every year, over 1.5 million trucks traverse Blue Water Bridge, accounting for $42.2 billion in road trade, according to Canadian officials, with volumes expected to be down in the wake of the trade war.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

When such enormous volumes of magma escape from underground, the rock above the emptied reservoir can collapse, leaving behind a broad, relatively shallow depression known as a caldera.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

With little new refining capacity expected in the immediate future in the US, India's ability to process large volumes of crude oil offers Washington a potential way to ease pressure on the fuel markets.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The company said closing volumes declined 9% to 6,876 homes, while the average sales price slipped 1% to $561,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The War of the Plains was alive in their memories and recorded in dozens of volumes in the house of books.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda


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