Thesaurus results for AMOUNTS

amounts

noun

plural of amount

as in quantities

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 amounts Although umbrella insurance is far from perfect ― for instance, intentional acts are generally excluded ― umbrella insurance can provide much larger coverage amounts for things already covered by other policies with lower limits. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 City officials say personal storage facilities can require large amounts of land that could otherwise be used for housing, retail or other developments. — James Taylor, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Data centers use enormous amounts of energy, and Quincy has some of the lowest power rates in the country generated by two public hydroelectrical plants on the Columbia River, the largest river in the Pacific Northwest. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 However, consuming large amounts—such as those used in studies where up to 1/2 cup was consumed daily—can start to weaken and damage tooth enamel. — Md Published, Verywell Health, 10 Aug. 2026 These capabilities help our people identify issues earlier, recognize patterns across large amounts of information and focus more time on the decisions and relationships that shape the customer experience. — Shelley Simpson, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 Dersch’s exhibit featured a fully functioning Xerox Alto workstation with its boxy vertical monitor, chunky keyboard and mouse, as well as pizza-sized spinning disks that store tiny amounts of data by modern standards. — Terry Chea, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Replicating the process that stars use to produce energy, nuclear fusion typically sees hydrogen atoms fuse to form helium and release large amounts of energy as a by-product. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 The site also includes large amounts of boron and potash, 3PL said. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026

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quantities

Noun

Chicks, in particular, eat large quantities of high-protein insect larvae, beetles, flies, snails, spiders and ants.

— Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
At one time, scientists didn’t think that significant quantities of free oxygen, or O2, would be found anywhere else on the planet, in part because O2 reacts aggressively with other elements.

— James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026