1
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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2
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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That would leave, at the start of 2026, an EPA staff numbering approximately 9,700 people, a level not seen since the last years of the Nixon and Ford administrations.—
Chris Sellers,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025 -
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview with Reuters those sanctions have ultimately failed to deter the North, which today is adding massive nuclear weapons numbering 15 to 20 to its arsenal every year.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Amounting (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounting%20%28to%29. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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