an amount
Example Sentences
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Proposition 28 sets aside an amount equal to 1% of the state’s base education funding — close to $1 billion per year — to increase arts education.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Patients are no longer responsible for those bills, but their insurers battle doctors over how much they will have to pay, with each side proposing an amount to arbitrators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In 2024, 14.8% of the US population was foreign-born – an amount equaling the historical peak in 1890, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
For those in the middle, even if you decide a conversion is generally in your best interest, you have to plan year by year and determine an amount.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
She joined “the lecturing corps” as an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, earning ten dollars a week, an amount equal to about $300 in today’s dollars.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
