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amounts

noun as in total

noun as in whole effect

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His Democratic opponents have accused him of cosying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and say his approach to the war amounts to surrender for Ukraine that will endanger all of Europe.

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Or they require very large amounts of chemicals, are complicated and expensive, and produce toxic gases and run-off.

Some highly aggressive tumors produce large amounts of USP39 and related splicing factors, likely due to their high division rate: To maintain constant protein production, they require highly precise splicing, a function that USP39 provides.

Industrial plants, such as those that make cement or steel, emit copious amounts of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, but the exhaust is too hot for state-of-the-art carbon removal technology.

Notably, the catalyst requires only minimal amounts of magnetic materials -- up to seven orders of magnitude less than previous approaches -- making it both safer and more practical for large-scale applications.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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