amount

noun

Definition of amountnext
as in quantity
a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter is this small amount of food supposed to feed the whole hockey team?

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Recent Examples of amount Investigators said the videos had millions of views and potentially generated large amounts of income. — Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Sixty-five billion barrels of oil is an enormous amount of oil. — NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026 First of all, with its WFI, it's meant to process a tremendous amount of data in relatively short periods of time in order to survey gigantic zones of our cosmos. — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026 This combination matters because a transistor that survives high voltage but wastes large amounts of energy through resistance would still be of limited use. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for amount
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  • Its architecture could contribute to future efforts involving inexpensive rockets produced in much larger quantities.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • By contrast, Hims ships larger quantities of products at less frequent intervals for a discount.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
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“Amount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amount. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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