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Musk has since abandoned a bid for damages for himself and instead is seeking an unspecified amount of money to be paid to fund the altruistic efforts of OpenAI’s charitable arm.
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Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
During his tenure, Hungary slid down rankings on democracy and corruption indices; reports suggest that vast amounts in state funds ended up in Orbán allies’ hands.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Holman has found, for example, that people who followed the highest amounts of news media coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing reported higher acute stress than people who were directly exposed to the bombing.
—Makenzie Boucher, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Authorities allege D'Angelo Ferguson claimed that each company had a specific amount of monthly income, as well as monthly payroll expenses for some employees.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
During his tenure, Hungary slid down rankings on democracy and corruption indices; reports suggest that vast amounts in state funds ended up in Orbán allies’ hands.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Holman has found, for example, that people who followed the highest amounts of news media coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing reported higher acute stress than people who were directly exposed to the bombing.
—Makenzie Boucher, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Authorities allege D'Angelo Ferguson claimed that each company had a specific amount of monthly income, as well as monthly payroll expenses for some employees.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amount
quantity
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Inventory at the Statesmen Market primarily depends on what the Greater Chicago Food Depository has to offer, but there is an online system for Kennedy-King to order select items and quantities from the pantry’s warehouse.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mining generates large quantities of toxic waste and wastewater containing heavy metals, acids and radioactive residues.—
Abraham Nunbogu,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Amount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amount. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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