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amount

[uh-mount] / əˈmaʊnt /






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He told the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 that more research is needed to see if climate change could also be increasing the amount of pollen circulating and making hay fever symptoms more severe.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The agent “accesses only the appropriate amount of information as context at the exact moment it needs to answer a client’s question,” Suh said.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

There’s a generous amount of natural sunlight, but some spots are noticeably dim.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

This elaborate evasion system includes a substantial amount of Iranian oil already at sea and far from the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“But there’s another village about five miles yonder that has a fair amount of merchants and peddlers. When you come to a fork in the road, take the left.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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