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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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This particular market lures in people from all across the region, numbering as many as 3,500 on summer days.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026 -
Those groups, now numbering 14, include the Women’s Business Development Council and SCORE, a network of volunteer business mentors.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2026
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“Amounting (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounting%20%28to%29. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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