amounted (to)

past tense of amount (to)
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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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  • Thousands of Thais on Thursday watched as flight tracking data showed Thaksin’s plane, a Bombardier Global 7500 numbered T7GTS, flying toward Singapore before turning west and circling several times.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Five of them will be white balls numbered from 1 to 69, and one red Powerball numbered from 1 to 26.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 5 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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