amount to

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But after accounting for the restaurant’s costs—from the steak to rent—profits from the meal amount to around $25.

From The Wall Street Journal

Burry’s bets were relatively small, about $10 million in put options, but could amount to more than $1 billion if those stocks drop significantly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr Slater said: "Both Gloucester and Leicester mean a huge amount to me and I'm forever grateful to the support they've shown me and my family, particularly over the past three years."

From BBC

Excavations, however ethical, amount to destruction if they take place without permission and under conditions of armed conflict, says Evelina Kravchenko, a senior researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

From BBC

Ahead of his sentencing, Combs' attorneys argued he should receive a brief sentence that would essentially amount to time served, a request that would have paved the way for a swift release.

From BBC