amount
noun
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
are amounting
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present progressiveof amount.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But lately, the government has been consumed by other crises, including the highest inflation rates in four decades, rapidly rising food prices and soaring mortgage payments, which are amounting to a deep cost-of-living crisis.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
To do the like, to almost any extent, with so many Filed Newspapers, Choix des Rapports, Histoires Parlementaires as there are, amounting to many horseloads, were easy for us.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
