amounts
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Not only does the extraction of metals like gold involve large amounts of water, but it also uses cyanide and releases other pollutants, posing major environmental and health risks.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Small amounts of salt in food can help preserve it by preventing bacteria from growing.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
I experienced many years of poverty, but as soon as things improved, I began putting small amounts into a tax-sheltered retirement fund.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
The chip could also help deep space missions process, store, and transmit massive amounts of scientific data back to Earth more efficiently.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
The king had declared that large amounts of territory on the continent belonged to England.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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