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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

You’ve developed a thoughtful retirement plan that takes into account both the amount of money you’ll need and how to allocate it across investments and liquid income sources.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“This substantially reduces the amount of capital Oracle must raise to build out our AI datacenters.”

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

“The monkeys got away with them,” I said as if it were something that didn’t amount to anything.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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