amount to

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That positivity will still amount to cautious optimism for most of the Tartan Army.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“The prosecution’s theory is that truthful statements to the market can amount to fraud,” said lawyer Eric Rosen, who represented Left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

I asked if she worried that Pratt’s agenda would amount to punishing 70,000 people for the actions of a much smaller number, like the man who had terrorized her.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

The cancellations amount to 19% of those who had renewed their policies on the state marketplace during open enrollment, state officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

This can amount to as much as an inch of swelling in the length of a sixty-foot shell.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown