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amount

[uh-maunt] / əˈmaʊnt /






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Arguably, what matters most is the amount of screen time you get - and what you do with it.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

“I think it’s important to feel like you can help whoever needs the most amount of help and know things will self-adjust over time,” Ray said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Rather than maintaining a substantial supply of single-stranded DNA and toxin before infection, these retrons produce little detectable DNA and no noticeable amount of toxin in healthy cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The amount that Joe Lacob paid in 2023 to land the WNBA’s first expansion franchise in more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

I have a limited amount of time to make my mark in the world, and I don’t want to spend it trying to fix small-town racism.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The remaining 10% may take longer to source in the required amounts, the company added.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

“It is just some really jaw-dropping, astonishing amounts of money that some of these top donors have pumped into the 2026 midterms,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

During the first billion years after the Big Bang, vast amounts of neutral hydrogen filled the space between galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Higher mortgage rates weigh on demand, and they force builders to spend huge amounts on mortgage-rate buydowns to draw buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

So what it amounts to is that there won’t be much I can do, not until I see how the sickness develops.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

The result was hit by charges and associated costs with recent transactions that amounted to 416 million euros for the quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Super Micro estimates that its gross margin amounted to 12% to 12.5% for the September quarter versus its prior outlook calling for 10.4% to 10.8%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The rapper’s newfound neutrality, one wrote, still amounted to “choosing a side.”

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

A Turkish court later ruled that their choreography and physical contact on stage amounted to exhibitionism.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Either Maggie hadn’t been forgiven, or she’d been forgotten; nationwide donations for her ongoing care amounted to less than ninety dollars.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

However, because it was made after two years it was taxed at 45%, amounting to thousands of pounds.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

More than 14% of farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway died last year before reaching maturity, amounting to almost 55 million fish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Under mom’s current plan, the three of us would split everything equally, amounting to about $468,000 each.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Last week an independent legal panel delivered a long-anticipated verdict, finding the club guilty on 114 counts of systematic financial fraud, amounting to more than a billion dollars in fake revenues and sham commercial sponsorships.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Ama conceived an admiration amounting almost to worship for the beautiful woman in the cave and her enchanted daughter.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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