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Recent Examples of amount
Many gardeners grow both, but the types require different amounts of space and care.
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Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026
By varying the rhythm of the story—the amount of time between the killings—Ahmad keeps us on edge.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Japan is one of our biggest opportunities, and the amount of creativity and IP in the country is immense.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
But McKendrick attributes a considerable amount of the empathy the audience feels for Wes coming from the chemistry between Robinson and Deutch.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 June 2026
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Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026
By varying the rhythm of the story—the amount of time between the killings—Ahmad keeps us on edge.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Japan is one of our biggest opportunities, and the amount of creativity and IP in the country is immense.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
But McKendrick attributes a considerable amount of the empathy the audience feels for Wes coming from the chemistry between Robinson and Deutch.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amount
quantity
Noun
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Despite being thoroughly outshot, Croatia used a quality-over-quantity approach to hold even early.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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Here were decades of human invention and competition, and staggering quantities of money, all distilled down to something smaller than the size of a newborn’s pinkie finger.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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