amount

Definition of amountnext
as in quantity
a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter is this small amount of food supposed to feed the whole hockey team?

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Recent Examples of amount Most of the region’s sewers were engineered generations ago to drain well under 2 inches of rain per hour, and a cloudburst can deliver double that amount. Ravi S. Bhalla, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 The amount may be small, but that makes the system less accountable, not more. Jeffrey T. Donner, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026 The state auditor first flagged the unusually high amount of agencies in the building in 2022 and it was recently dragged into the national spotlight again earlier this year. Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 The donations totaled $150,000, the same amount the rapper Lil Durk contributed to Johnson’s political fund in 2023. Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for amount
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quantity
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  • That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Sand quantity Every kinetic sand kit includes a different amount of sand.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Amount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amount. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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