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The phrase "amounted to lost" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "amounted to loss"? If this is the case, you can use it when discussing a situation where something has resulted in a loss or a negative outcome.
Example: "The unexpected expenses amounted to loss for the company this quarter."
Alternatives: "resulted in loss" or "led to loss."
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These cases amounted to lost productivity from paid work yesterday of 1.7% (10/573).
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Anything else amounts to lost time.
Over a lifetime of full-time work (47 years) the gap amounts to lost wages for women of between $700,000 and $2 million depending on education level.
For many reasons, Romero said, the anti-aging business amounted to a losing proposition.
San Diego, of course, has a huge amount to lose.
There is the strong sense that Herat has an immense amount to lose.
In the case of climate change, wealthy countries have an enormous amount to lose from developing-world emissions.
The United States set up the world trading system after World War II, and has a huge amount to lose if it fails.
Google, Amazon and Starbucks would have a huge amount to lose if they reduced their commitment to Britain.
But given that they only have a pretty small amount to lose each, the risk is prettry low, and we are not talking a big tech exit here.
Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase in particular appeared to have significant amounts to lose with Enron's bankruptcy.
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