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as in counting (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 coming (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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numbering
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Sears’ American stores, once numbering in the thousands, have dwindled to a single-digit number, giving way to business forecasts that anticipate the company could shutter at any moment.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026 -
The Ngogo community, numbering roughly 200 individuals, fractured into rival clusters that researchers identify as Western and Central.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Amounting (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounting%20%28to%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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