Thesaurus results for AMOUNTS

amounts

noun

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 Transitioning the world to zero-carbon energy requires storing vast amounts of hydrogen. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026 Many of the people whom the state has collected money from in recent years are like Mullen — lower-income individuals who stand to inherit modest amounts of money. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 This led to past due amounts of $761, $553 and $1,202 in 2021 and credit card companies filing civil suits against Bernat in 2023 and 2024. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 But economists are increasingly concerned about the mind-boggling amounts of Big Tech money committed to the AI data center buildout. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 Current guidance supports widespread storm totals of 2–4 inches, with isolated amounts above 6 inches possible. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Consumer prices Consumers will experience different price changes depending on their locations, which affects both the distances goods need to travel and the amounts of fuel available. — Vidya Mani, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 However, the human body actually makes tiny amounts of cyanide every day. — Sean McCann, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 The immense gravitational influence of these black holes generates incredible amounts of friction in the accretion disk, causing the objects to glow brightly as AGNs. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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quantities

Noun

The Moon’s south pole harbors substantial quantities of water ice concentrated on the floors of craters away from the reach of sublimating rays of sunlight.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
Nigeria holds 26 of the roughly 60 minerals on the US critical minerals list in commercial quantities, Oduwole said, adding that Abuja’s condition for partnership is development and job creation on Nigerian soil, not raw material exports.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026