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
Sleek marble bathrooms come with generous amounts of Tuscan Soul, the in-house toiletries.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
On Monday, four men were charged with participating in a scheme to use the tunnel to traffic massive amounts of narcotics into America.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
Sensitive plants may show leaf curling, distorted growth, discoloration, or even die from exposure to very small amounts of herbicide.
—Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
At the feast, Attila consumed copious amounts of wine.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
But by exempting school funding from the initiative, those savings would be significantly less than the amounts DeSantis has been touting since his Wednesday announcement.
—Lawrence Mower Herald, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Data centers are physical buildings that store vast amounts of computer servers, data storage and networking equipment for things like cloud stage and artificial intelligence.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 June 2026
In the luxury tax system, as it is known today and put in place in 2001, clubs are taxed at varying amounts when exceeding thresholds agreed to as part of collective bargaining.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
If one of the most abiding lessons of that war is how quickly even relatively moderate amounts of general resentment can help produce a global catastrophe, then today’s popular views give real cause for alarm.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
On Monday, four men were charged with participating in a scheme to use the tunnel to traffic massive amounts of narcotics into America.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
Sensitive plants may show leaf curling, distorted growth, discoloration, or even die from exposure to very small amounts of herbicide.
—Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
At the feast, Attila consumed copious amounts of wine.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
But by exempting school funding from the initiative, those savings would be significantly less than the amounts DeSantis has been touting since his Wednesday announcement.
—Lawrence Mower Herald, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Data centers are physical buildings that store vast amounts of computer servers, data storage and networking equipment for things like cloud stage and artificial intelligence.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 June 2026
In the luxury tax system, as it is known today and put in place in 2001, clubs are taxed at varying amounts when exceeding thresholds agreed to as part of collective bargaining.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
If one of the most abiding lessons of that war is how quickly even relatively moderate amounts of general resentment can help produce a global catastrophe, then today’s popular views give real cause for alarm.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amounts
quantities
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And hands work for smaller quantities, too.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
31 May 2026
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However, large quantities of smoke, dust or other air pollutants can give the typically white celestial body a blue or green hue, according to astronomy blog EarthSky.—
Hali Smith
May 30,
Idaho Statesman,
30 May 2026
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“Amounts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounts. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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