amongst
Americanpreposition
Etymology
Origin of amongst
First recorded in 1200–50; earlier amongs, Middle English amonges, equivalent to among “among” + -es adverbial genitive suffix; excrescent -t as in against; see among
Example Sentences
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“The extreme amongst the vulgar in London doubtlessly is, to omit the r altogether—to convert far into fah, hard into hahd, cord into cawd,” wrote Benjamin Smart, an articulation expert, in 1836.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
"Others tried to intervene, and amongst them was Harley Fox."
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The time the Artemis II crew have spent up there will be amongst the shortest.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“Simply put, HDDs are perhaps the investments most-levered to data center spending amongst the ‘AI picks and shovels,’” he said, adding that the drives “remain a critical component bottleneck” for cloud-service providers.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Cain, Grave, and Renault were talking amongst themselves.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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