The phrase "amounts to thousands" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a quantity or sum that is in the thousands, often in financial or statistical contexts.
Example: "The total expenses for the project amounts to thousands, indicating a significant investment."
Alternatives: "totals in the thousands" or "comes to thousands."
That amounts to thousands of lives changed.
Even with waste reduction technologies, the amount of waste per year amounts to thousands of cubic feet.
British high streets are generally packed with what amounts to thousands of competing soundtracks and brave efforts to dodge as much of our prevailing reality as possible.
That amounts to thousands of people walking around Cameroon with a retroviral infection that may or may not lead to illness.
No up-to-date statistics have been released, but whatever the avoirdupois of Geisel's current mail, it amounts to thousands of letters a week.
This may not sound like much, but it amounts to thousands of tonnes of potatoes - preferably potatoes with a medium or high starch content, such as Maris Pipers or Pentland Dells or Idaho Russets.
The Muzak Corporation actually provides the classical music feed, although granted, the music amounts to 18th-century wallpaper and includes few well-known works, at least on the basis of a small sampling.
We estimated that annually 4.19 severe CHD can be prevented in the 65,439 pregnancies (which minimum amounts to 12th gestation week in Denmark) by eliminating exposure to SSRIs during first trimester.
He had what amounts to a 19th-century theatrical childhood, like that of Ellen Terry or of one of the Crummles family in "Nicholas Nickleby".
With his new proposal, Mr. Kerry was also making what amounts to an 11th-hour effort to test Russian intentions in Syria, where the Kremlin has increasingly engaged militarily to defend Mr. Assad.
The reported $700,000 in improper trading profits several of its traders made amounts to a 20th of a basis point, or 48 cents per $100,000.
