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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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The crashes remain under investigation, and CSP urged any witnesses to contact their dispatch line at (303) 239-4501 and reference case numbers 1A260390 and 1A260391.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026 -
The rules protect the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 400 and lives off the East Coast.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Richard Bailey, a former mayor of Coronado who now lives in Point Loma, said the city’s nearly $8 billion backlog of infrastructure projects means bike lanes must be a low priority.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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The denial, if not overturned at the county level, means the school will have to shut down at the end of the school year.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Amounts (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounts%20%28to%29. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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