amounted (to)

past tense of amount (to)
1
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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  • Compared to the rapidly declining number of referrals from traditional search engines — which once numbered in the tens of millions — these AI clicks are a tiny drop in the bucket.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Every building in Gaza, a source says, is numbered, and the floors in every building are counted.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
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“Amounted (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounted%20%28to%29. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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