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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amounted to less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a quantity or value that is lower than expected or compared to something else.
Example: "The total revenue for the quarter amounted to less than half of what we projected."
Alternatives: "totaled less" or "came to less".
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Last year, that amounted to less than $100.
That amounted to less than 1 percent of the tonnage through all Illinois locks that year.
Zambia's reserves, for example, amounted to less than 1% of its foreign debt in 1998.
Sunday evening, despite the excellence of its first two ballets, amounted to less.
In 1978 China's exports amounted to less than 5% of its GDP.
Cars, for example, amounted to less than 1% of Mexico's exports to Canada before the agreement.
American officials have said the subsidies found to be improper amounted to less than $5 billion.
The "process," agreed upon two weeks ago, amounted to less than an election.
The investment amounted to less than 5percentt of TPG's assets under management.
The rain amounted to less than an inch in most parts of New York City.
The programme amounted to less than the sum of its parts.
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