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as in counted (up to)
to have a total of
the expenses of the trip amounted to nearly double what we'd budgeted for
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as in came (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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numbered
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The other cards in his hand are all numbered.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Witnesses would have numbered into the hundreds; attorneys for Target and the insurance companies filed a pretrial document that named 110 witnesses, including Xcel employees, members of the Twelve Tribes religious cult, and people who lost their homes.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Amounted (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounted%20%28to%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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