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amount to
Add up, develop into, as in Even though she's careful with her money, her savings don't amount to much , or All parents hope that their children will amount to something . [Mid-1500s]
Be equivalent to, as in Twenty persons won't amount to a good turnout . [Late 1300s] Also see amount to the same thing .
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Trump has said such rules amount to racial discrimination because, his order stated, the Obama-era directive 鈥渆ffectively required schools to discriminate on the basis of race by imposing discipline based on racial characteristics, rather than on objective behavior alone.鈥
Paramount, however, could face legal blowback if it shells out a huge amount to mollify Trump.
The match reduction would amount to about 10% of total Medicaid funding per year.
Its charges included, 鈥淚n 2020, NPR refused to cover the explosive Hunter Biden laptop scandal in the runup to the election, baselessly claiming there were 鈥榤any, many red flags鈥 and its 鈥榓ssertions don鈥檛 amount to much.鈥
Boris Pistorius said Ukraine "should not go as far as the latest proposal by the American president", which he said would amount to a "capitulation".
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