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as in to number
to have a total of
the expenses of the trip amounted to nearly double what we'd budgeted for
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2
as in to come (to)
to be the same in meaning or effect
it makes no difference whether you're going to the game or the movies, for it amounts to the same thing—that you can't babysit
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While Spanish chroniclers numbered the population around the time of European contact to have been 1 million, anthropologists have disputed this, arguing instead for the population to have been 6–12 million.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025 -
It's sold in handcrafted and numbered ceramic bottles shaped like a copper brewing kettle.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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That means two down days per week for the whole squad, thus three days are disrupted by a single game.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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This means identifying key traits in founders that indicate a startup will succeed.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Amount (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amount%20%28to%29. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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