ABUNDANCES Synonyms: 185 Similar and Opposite Words

abundances

noun

plural of abundance

as in loads

a considerable amount an abundance of flowers for the wedding grew up with an abundance of cousins

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Recent Examples of abundances Researchers detected high abundances of sodium, likely from icy brines within the original asteroid. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 Some samples from Jilin showed particularly high abundances of heavy rare earth elements compared to neighboring regions. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026 The ratio is also an important one because abundances of deuterium and hydrogen throughout the universe are thought to have been set during the Big Bang itself. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026 According to the team, this means that having a dog in the house might shift the abundances of some mouth bacteria—potentially bacteria that might correlate with the adolescents’ psychological scores. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025 If this is the case, then the greater abundances of calcium and aluminum in the farther part of the circumplanetary disk should lead to a thicker crust for the lunar far side as compared to the near side. — Big Think, 26 Nov. 2025 But if our models haven't treated abundances properly, the cooling time has likely been overestimated. — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025 The other study—an independent laboratory experiment—demonstrates how molecular hydrogen, a molecule essential for star formation, may have formed earlier and in larger abundances. — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025

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Noun

And some manage the difficult trick of tasting like fall without giving off loads of scented-candle energy.

— Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
PlusAI uses sand to simulate the loads its trailers must carry to support research and development testing, as carrying the material closely mimics real freight conditions.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Last year, detectives infiltrated a private WhatsApp group used to advertise and sell large quantities of drugs, police said.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Those criteria include having an adequate footprint, ground seismology and access to large quantities of water.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of quantities

Noun

Hyatt transformed the resort with six new buildings, including additional guest houses; all 117 rooms have also been overhauled, and there is a new pool as well as tons of new activities and programs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Movement analysis With tons of byes in the area, there wasn’t a ton of room for movement in the local rankings.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of tons

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For Le Labo, Deborah Royer, global brand president and creative director, said the brand still operates with the mindset of an indie — even a dozen years post-acquisition.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Israeli strikes in northern and southern Gaza killed three Palestinians and wounded at least a dozen others, according to health officials at Gaza hospitals.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of dozens

Noun

Along the way, there are a smattering of sea days, typically bunched together in two- or three-day chunks.

— Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
Damaged Bark Lawn mowers, strimmers, and snowplows can take a major toll on tree health – especially if tree bark is peeled away in large chunks.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of chunks

Noun

As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Like hundreds of others around the country, the school was closed.

— NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of hundreds

Noun

While most of its Prime Day deals have been removed, some highly effective ThinkPad business portables can still be had for cheap, along with a solid Chromebook and some monitors.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
Playful dinnerware and elegant barware are marked down as part of the post-Prime Day deals.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of deals

Noun

There simply wasn’t enough of either scattered across the piles, the team found.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.

— Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

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