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amount

[uh-mount] / əˈmaʊnt /






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“If I call him, he’ll do it—for a huge amount less. Why? Because they like me, they respect me.”

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

So by that all-important 19th year, the cumulative amount received from the two pension options would be equal.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“The amount of work he put in, on the field and with the performance coaches,” said Mark McKenzie, who would lose his starting spot if Richards is healthy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It was also a performance powered by an impressive amount of dessert.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

As spirit mediums, his daughters began to regularly earn ten to twenty times that amount in a few hours.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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