1
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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Already, 20 to 30 of Florida’s endangered panthers, which number roughly 200 adults, are killed by cars each year.—
Elise Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025 -
But in today’s AI clusters — where GPUs number in the thousands and training runs can span weeks — traditional wiring starts to look less like infrastructure and more like a bottleneck.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Few players mean as much to their clubs and fanbases as Alonso does to the Mets.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Note that full containment doesn't mean the fire is completely out.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Amount (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amount%20%28to%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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