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as in numbers
to have a total of
the expenses of the trip amounted to nearly double what we'd budgeted for
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as in corresponds (to)
to be the same in meaning or effect
it makes no difference whether you're going to the game or the movies, for it amounts to the same thing—that you can't babysit
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That poses an existential threat to the Rice’s whale, which numbers only in the dozens and lives in the Gulf of Mexico, conservationists said.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025 -
France is the latest European country to formally recognize Palestine as a state, joining the United Kingdom and adding to a growing list of global nations that now numbers more than 145.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
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That means more than one of every eight of Kroger's 103 stores in its Cincinnati-Dayton division (which includes Northern Kentucky) have the digital devices so far.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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That means defensive coordinator Robert Saleh may have to take more chances than usual in terms of blitzing.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Amounts (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounts%20%28to%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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