amount

Example Sentences

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That amount “represents one of the highest golden parachute estimates ever observed,” investor advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services wrote in a report this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

If officials don’t reduce the rate, Arizona could face penalties of $195.4 million in two years, which is more than double the amount it pays to operate the program.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Even if direct cooling water use by data centers triples by 2030, it would amount to about a tenth of what the U.S. golf industry uses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Last month, Levi’s said the Middle East represented less than 1% of its total business, and that the amount of product it got via the Strait of Hormuz was “very, very minor.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

I’m glad for this girl I don’t know, and for whatever amount of solace she managed to find after a terrible situation.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse