amount

Example Sentences

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"It engages the right amount of brain and at the end of it you go, 'Oh, that was really pleasant'."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

From 2020 to 2025, Connecticut produced the third-lowest amount of housing of all U.S. states, according to an analysis by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Despite its rocky jobs report for the month of February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics came out Friday with better-than-expected employment projections for March: 178,000 new positions added—almost triple the amount non-government economists had anticipated.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

"There has been a tremendous amount of disbelief for me, it's just so extraordinary," said Canadian Jeremy Hansen during a Q&A session with press late Thursday.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Then she wrote the amount, whimsically added Yours in both sun and shade, and signed Lady Constance’s name with a flourish.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood