How to Use amount to in a Sentence

amount to

phrasal verb

• The sugar in today’s recipe amounts to about two teaspoons per cookie, about half of what standard cookies contain.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2024
• The industries that have seen the most growth over the last year are the retail industry and construction, both amounting to a 21% increase.
  — Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
• For many observers, this amounted to a choice between civil war or the same fate as that of Palestinians in the besieged and bombarded enclave.
  — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• This additional error amounts to about 2 points on the margin and affects all races simultaneously.
  — G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
• That amounts to a more than 9% decline over the last month.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
• This would amount to laying trails of bread crumbs through the forest as it is grown.
  — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
• This amounts to more than 40 times what Fuchs spent on consulting in eight years.
  — Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• Remember, even if their nails are very long, trim just a very small amount to start.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• The price amounts to a 4% increase from the previous cycle, just for the live events, according to the league.
  — Thomas Seal, Fortune Europe, 5 Dec. 2023
• All of this amounts to a safer, more comfortable treatment process.
  — Ahmed Zambarakji, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2024
• The layoffs amount to about 20% of the newsroom, and come after the paper cut 74 newsroom staffers just a few months ago.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
• There’s a place for what amounts to meat-and-potatoes TV, even in the prestige-conscious streaming world.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 21 July 2023
• But the whole thing feels very predictable, which amounts to a general sense of mediocrity.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
• Just as with dine-in tips, Lynn does not have a clear-cut answer about an exact amount to tip for takeout.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
• The ice cream giveaway amounts to 50 pints of ice cream per minute of sunlight during the summer solstice.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2024
• That amounts to more than a percentage point drop from a peak reached in October.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
• That would amount to the fewest seats won by the Conservative Party since its founding in 1834.
  — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
• Smotrich’s goal is clear: the large-scale displacement of the Palestinian people, which could well amount to a war crime.
  — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2023
• The total cost for sidewalks on Lander Road would amount to $1.46 million.
  — cleveland, 20 July 2023
• Over the next decade, the deficit is expected to amount to almost 7% of GDP — well above the 3.7% average of the past half-century.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
• Inflation has caused these amounts to increase by 3.2% since last year.
  — Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Aug. 2024
• Robbins’ first two game have amounted to 10 carries for 29 yards.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• Those programs would amount to tens if not hundreds of millions in new spending.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
• Trump is on track to win all of the state’s delegates to the GOP convention, which amount to 14% of the votes needed for the nomination.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Additional rainfall amounts to less than a tenth of an inch.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
• The prevalence of the thinning amounted to 43% and 6% of the studied brain regions for girls and boys, respectively.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
• The available inventory at the end of last month amounts to a 3.6-month supply, going by the current sales pace.
  — Alex Veiga The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 22 Nov. 2023
• The chance of precipitation is 60% with new rainfall amounting to less than a tenth of an inch.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2024
• For Israelis, the seizing of so many hostages, coupled with the killings of Oct. 7, amounted to a national trauma.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Across billions of debit card transactions, this can amount to large sums.
  — Emily Mason, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024