an amount
Example Sentences
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"And then about a month later, my bank contacted me because there was an amount of £59.99 from a company in Prague trying to take that money off my account."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Eventually, it hopes that will grow to 17 gigawatts, an amount of power generation greater than what some states require.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Dealertrack data showed 57% of auto loans started in July had an amount financed at signing that was above the vehicle’s value, according to Gregory.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
DNA inherited from this lineage makes up approximately 1% of the modern human genome, an amount similar to the proportion inherited from Neanderthals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Thus it came only to an amount which one should not really take out and which must be set aside for an emergency.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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