as in quantities
a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter
is this small amount of food supposed to feed the whole hockey team?
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Recent Examples of amounts
According to the bank records, the first payment to ClubCorp happened in October 2023 and continued monthly, with amounts varying.
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Kelsy Mittauer,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
The fire contained compounds from more than two dozen chemical families, including dangerous amounts of bromide, a naturally occurring element that can irritate the skin and mucus membranes.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 June 2026
If the dumping involves hazardous materials, commercial waste or much larger amounts of trash, the offense can be charged as a felony, with fines that can reach $50,000 or more.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Gas and dust spiraling inward form an accretion disk that can reach millions of degrees, emitting enormous amounts of radiation before crossing the event horizon.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
The violence of the motion generates prodigious amounts of topspin.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
The largest buyers of gold over the past few years include China, Poland and Turkey, but smaller countries and emerging markets like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are also acquiring significant amounts of bullion.
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Andreas Panosyan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Bold America spends millions to support Democratic candidates throughout the country, and like other super PACs, can independently spend unlimited amounts of money.
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Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
The state has among the highest rates of households spending disproportionate amounts of their income on housing, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
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Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Kelsy Mittauer,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
The fire contained compounds from more than two dozen chemical families, including dangerous amounts of bromide, a naturally occurring element that can irritate the skin and mucus membranes.
—
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 June 2026
If the dumping involves hazardous materials, commercial waste or much larger amounts of trash, the offense can be charged as a felony, with fines that can reach $50,000 or more.
—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Gas and dust spiraling inward form an accretion disk that can reach millions of degrees, emitting enormous amounts of radiation before crossing the event horizon.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
The violence of the motion generates prodigious amounts of topspin.
—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
The largest buyers of gold over the past few years include China, Poland and Turkey, but smaller countries and emerging markets like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are also acquiring significant amounts of bullion.
—
Andreas Panosyan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Bold America spends millions to support Democratic candidates throughout the country, and like other super PACs, can independently spend unlimited amounts of money.
—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
The state has among the highest rates of households spending disproportionate amounts of their income on housing, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amounts
quantities
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Despite consuming mass quantities of high-calorie foods during competition season, most professional competitive eaters are very lean.
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Hayden, 53, of Oak Park Heights, started making pies — using her mother’s cold-water pie crust recipe — in massive quantities at Fresh Fields bakery in Stillwater for Thanksgiving 2011; the owner, Dave Michaud, was a friend who had sampled her pie.
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“Amounts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amounts. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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