Tim Jackson

Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers.

British Economist

James Surowiecki

To be sure, if you watch CNBC all day long you'll pick up some interesting news about particular companies and the economy as a whole. Unfortunately, to get to the useful information, you have to wade through reams of useless stuff, with little guidance on how to distinguish between the two.

American Journalist

Patrick Nielsen Hayden

In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue - I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.

American Editor

Anne Tyler

I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin.

American Novelist

Delilah

You know how most kids have posters of sports heroes on their walls? They gave me reams of the old news copy, and I had those taped in my bedroom. And I would practice reading the news.

British Musician

Priti Patel

The truth is that the E.U. constrains us in all manner of ways and throws reams of red tape around British businesses.

British Politician

Ruth Ozeki

It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.

Canadian Novelist

John McDonnell

Producing more reams of detailed policies that have marginal and limited effects on our society is futile.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got reams of notes for.

Canadian Cartoonist

Frank Peretti

I'm a very methodical writer. Before computers, I used reams of paper and stacks of index cards.

American Author

The word 'ream' can represent a large, unspecified amount of work or material.

Figurative Use

'Ream' does not always mean exactly 500 sheets and can imply just a lot of something.

Not Always Literal

In printing, a 'ream' is precisely 500 sheets, important for purchasing or stock.

Standard Quantity

Check your printer's capacity to ensure it accepts the standard ream size.

Printer Compatibility

Using 'ream' in engineering means precisely enlarging a hole.

Machining Specific

Reaming leaves a clean finish inside holes, different from just drilling.

Smooth Finish

When used as a verb, 'ream' can mean a harsh verbal scolding.

Intense Criticism

'Ream out' is informal and best used in casual or colloquial settings.

Informal Expression

Historically, a 'ream' was a tool for woodworking, predating modern reamers.

Antiquated Tool

The term for the ancient tool is largely historical and not used in modern contexts.

Obsolete Usage

 but the smallest measure, the moment, has shrunk. It has shrunk because our instruments enable us in part to measure smaller and smaller units of time, and this in turn has given us a more granular understanding of the material world, and this granular understanding has generated reams of data

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 and ask for 43 slices of salami, you buy your salami by the pound. When you buy your eggs, you buy a dozen eggs. When we hear the word dozen, we probably think of the number 12. We also know that a pair is two, a baker's dozen is 13, a gross is 144, and a ream of paper is - anybody?

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