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The phrase "amounts to almost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is nearly equal to or close to a certain value or situation.
Example: "The total cost of the project amounts to almost $10,000."
Alternatives: "is nearly" or "comes to about".
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"It amounts to almost, but not quite, a veto power".
The loss amounts to almost $700,000 a day.
This amounts to almost 8% of their total assets.
Italy's public debt amounts to almost €2.2 trillion.
This amounts to almost ten times the greenhouse gas production of humans worldwide.
"Shell's description of what has been achieved amounts to almost no action whatever," the groups said.
The total of unclaimed shares amounts to almost 4% of the share register for the insurer.
That amounts to almost 150m additional people, the equivalent of two new Egypts.
Canada's trade with the United States amounts to almost $400 billion a year.
And its Hispanic population amounts to almost 800,000 of the 2m people in Houston alone.
There is a pay gap between men and women in the labour market, which overall amounts to almost 20%.
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