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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amounted more" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly when trying to express a comparison or a total that exceeds another.
Example: "The expenses amounted more than we had budgeted for the project."
Alternatives: "totaled more" or "came to more."
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Previous efforts to address race inequality had been "piecemeal and stuttering" and had amounted more to "one nation platitudes" rather than policies, he said.
But in all, Tuesday's disruptions amounted more or less to a series disparate incidents in a day that was far less violent than some of the scenes witnessed when the movement was at its peak last year.
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Participants were divided into four groups based on BPA urine amounts; more than 90percentt had detectable BPA in their urine.
The amount of gases in this solid gas mixture amounts more than 94 % by volume.
(It amounts, more or less, to the paradox of Schrödinger's cat).
The difference amounted to more than $61 million.
The total payments amounted to more than £5,000.
Last year, the fund amounted to more than $50 million.
The objection amounted to more than fears for the Kentish garden.
Taken together, the support has amounted to more than $400,000 a year, Movado said.
"Losses amounted to more than $1.75tn in original values," he said.
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