amounts

plural of amount
as in quantities
a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter is this small amount of food supposed to feed the whole hockey team?

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Recent Examples of amounts Forecasters also expect rising ocean temperatures, with huge amounts of heat traveling from the water to the atmosphere. Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 Sweeney provided further details regarding her decision in court documents Sunday, emphasizing that athletes who receive a fifth year do not bypass existing transfer regulations, roster limits, or revenue-sharing amounts. Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 Replicating the process that stars use to produce energy, nuclear fusion typically sees hydrogen atoms fuse to form helium and release large amounts of energy as a by-product. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 Earth-observation companies, for example, may collect huge amounts of imagery to track weather, crops, disasters, land use or emissions. Martin Halliwell, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The site also includes large amounts of boron and potash, 3PL said. Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026 While hardware is still its bread and butter, the company is investing significant amounts of resources and cash into growing a wider healthcare ecosystem. Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The researchers used the acid as a leaching agent for olivine, a common greenish mineral containing small amounts of nickel. New Atlas, 27 July 2026 After all, other billionaires give away vast amounts of their wealth (take MacKenzie Scott, who’s donated more than $26 billion and is still worth nearly $35 billion). Sydney Lake, Fortune, 27 July 2026
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quantities
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  • One such is Japan’s Santec Holdings, a maker of optical testing gear much in demand in AI data centers that use fiber-optic cables to transmit vast quantities of data.
    Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The quantities are expected to support X-energy’s initial Xe-100 small modular reactors and TRISO-X fuel deployments.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Amounts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounts. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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