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
Both had raised similar amounts of money.
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Mathew Miranda
june 9, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Quasars occur when these central supermassive black holes are surrounded by vast amounts of gas and dust called accretion disks.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 June 2026
Fans wear their favorite players’ name, beg for their autograph and spend stupid amounts of money just to be in their proximity.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
GPUs rely on large amounts of another kind of memory called DRAM that’s packaged into stacks of high bandwidth memory added around the logic chip.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 9 June 2026
To help with this problem, some dietary supplement companies are certified by a third-party company to confirm the ingredients and amounts.
—Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026
Even after trust fund depletion, the system will continue issuing benefits, albeit at reduced amounts.
—Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 9 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
Mathew Miranda
june 9, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Quasars occur when these central supermassive black holes are surrounded by vast amounts of gas and dust called accretion disks.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 June 2026
Fans wear their favorite players’ name, beg for their autograph and spend stupid amounts of money just to be in their proximity.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
GPUs rely on large amounts of another kind of memory called DRAM that’s packaged into stacks of high bandwidth memory added around the logic chip.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 9 June 2026
To help with this problem, some dietary supplement companies are certified by a third-party company to confirm the ingredients and amounts.
—Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026
Even after trust fund depletion, the system will continue issuing benefits, albeit at reduced amounts.
—Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 9 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amounts
quantities
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Scientists and researchers rely on devices like Element’s to read large quantities of genetic data to study — and sometimes treat — the root of genetic diseases and disorders.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Water consumption and pollution Data centers require vast quantities of water to cool their servers.—
Ed Maibach,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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“Amounts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounts. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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