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
Rainfall amounts don't look extremely impressive, but anything will help at this point.
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Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
In the 2018 and 2022 transactions, the deals were financed by heavy amounts of debt that inevitably wound up putting pressure on the company.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
The amounts awarded range from $50,000 per company for transporters, to $245,000 each for dispensaries and infusers, to $750,000 for craft growers.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
All the money is hard to pass up Data center developments can bring massive amounts of money to local communities, mostly in construction jobs and property taxes.
—Anusha Mathur, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
Analyzing and explaining vast amounts of information in an easily digestible summary is something that other leading chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Perplexity's answer engine and Google's AI overviews already have been doing.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Areas to the south, from downtown San Antonio and into southern and western Bexar County, will experience much lower rainfall amounts.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2026
Rain amounts will likely be around a tenth to half an inch.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
His 2024 Samuel Smith Les Granitiers Chardonnay hails from granitic sites including Coastview and Fogstone Vineyards, with small amounts from Pelio and Spear, all from Monterey County.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
In the 2018 and 2022 transactions, the deals were financed by heavy amounts of debt that inevitably wound up putting pressure on the company.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
The amounts awarded range from $50,000 per company for transporters, to $245,000 each for dispensaries and infusers, to $750,000 for craft growers.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
All the money is hard to pass up Data center developments can bring massive amounts of money to local communities, mostly in construction jobs and property taxes.
—Anusha Mathur, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
Analyzing and explaining vast amounts of information in an easily digestible summary is something that other leading chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Perplexity's answer engine and Google's AI overviews already have been doing.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Areas to the south, from downtown San Antonio and into southern and western Bexar County, will experience much lower rainfall amounts.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2026
Rain amounts will likely be around a tenth to half an inch.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
His 2024 Samuel Smith Les Granitiers Chardonnay hails from granitic sites including Coastview and Fogstone Vineyards, with small amounts from Pelio and Spear, all from Monterey County.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amounts
quantities
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The third wave involved fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid now produced illicitly in mass quantities.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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To work at an industrial scale, the researchers have roped in Jiangxi Copper Company, a major copper producer in the country, which can deliver the composite in larger quantities.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Amounts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounts. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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