amount to
phrasal verb
amounted to; amounting to; amounts to
1
: to produce (a total) when added together
The bill amounted to 10 dollars.
The number of people taking part amounted to no more than a few hundred.
2
: to be the same in meaning or effect as (something)
acts that amount to treason
Anything less than total victory would amount to failure/failing.
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The notional $1,000- $2,000 tariff-revenue checks may be comparable in dollar amount to Biden’s stimulus checks, but Covid dollars and today’s dollars are much different due to the high inflation that’s occurred in recent years, outpacing wage growth.
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Nino Paoli, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
But none of those stats have amounted to wins.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar — and fed up — with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
For tax year 2025, the new tax law raises the standard deduction amount to $31,500 for married couples filing jointly.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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Nino Paoli, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
But none of those stats have amounted to wins.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar — and fed up — with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
For tax year 2025, the new tax law raises the standard deduction amount to $31,500 for married couples filing jointly.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Amount to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount%20to. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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