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as in total
a complete amount of something
the sum of human knowledge on that subject
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as in summary
a short statement of the main points
the district attorney delivered a sum of the evidence against the accused that was simply staggering
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as in height
the highest part or point
he declared that he had reached the sum of joy when his newborn daughter was laid in his arms
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as in essence
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the sum of the issue is: who will pay for this?
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as in to add
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator
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Recent Examples of sum
PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
The campaign paid Oprah's production company Oct. 15 in two $500,000 sums, records show.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2024
Victoria’s Secret chief information officer, Murali Sundararajan, summed it up in a commentary for the report.
—Adriana Lee, WWD, 20 Oct. 2024
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In sum, legacy game performance was still a bit lackluster, overall; anyone wanting to play these games would probably be better off buying an older graphics card.
—PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
The campaign paid Oprah's production company Oct. 15 in two $500,000 sums, records show.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
Cam Ward is that guy Former Miami and current NFL tight end Brevin Jordan summed Cam Ward’s performance up in a post on X on Saturday evening.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2024
Victoria’s Secret chief information officer, Murali Sundararajan, summed it up in a commentary for the report.
—Adriana Lee, WWD, 20 Oct. 2024
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Mega Millions reported that there was a total of 4,292,338 winning tickets across all non-jackpot prize levels from Tuesday.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Pritchard and Sam Hauser missed a total of three games between them across the regular season and postseason combined.Jay King, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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The Federal Reserve’s quarterly summary of economic projections released Wednesday revealed the median central banker forecast calls for 2.5% core PCE inflation by the end of next year, up from the 2.2% projected in September and still noticeably above the Fed’s 2% goal.Derek Saul, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Typically, the clerk only has to read a short summary of a bill, usually no longer than a few sentences.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
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By 2100, the study warns, storms in the Pacific Northwest could temporarily raise ocean heights up to three times more than current levels, dramatically increasing flood risks.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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The two cooks' successes and failures are great fun to watch, particularly the series of scenes in which Child, having just enrolled in a cooking program, practices cutting hundreds of onions, the slices forming a pile that matches her own impressive height.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Their attempt was so horrible it was relegated to their basement and in essence forgotten.Tammy Algood, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Dec. 2024
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Mangold based his film on history but was mostly concerned with capturing the essence of the era.Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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So around the turn of the 20th century, an enterprising tortilla maker developed a way to make masa behave more like wheat flour, dehydrating and packaging it so that tortillas could be made quickly by just adding water.Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Mihalek said the problem is compounded by online discourse, which can add more vitriol to people's frustrations.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Over the course of an hour and 40 minutes, this year’s path of totality—the area marked by total darkness—stretched from Mazatlán, Mexico, to Newfoundland, Canada.Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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On that day, a path of totality will travel through eastern Greenland, western Iceland and across northern Spain.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Vintage Port Recommendations Vintage Port is the pinnacle of Port production and the flagship product of the Douro.Paul Caputo, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Stark Varg, which offers performance comparable to 450cc gas dirt bikes, is perhaps at the pinnacle of this industry.New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
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Bread recommends applying a generous amount of oil from root to tip and leaving on for at least 20 minutes and as long as overnight.Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Dec. 2024
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From Miley Cyrus and Swift to Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Jordan Davis, Jelly Roll, Morgan Wallen and Bailey Zimmerman, one in three songs in Billboard's all-genre and year-end Hot 100 for the past 12 months featured artists with Music Row in their roots.Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Sum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sum. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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