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Examples of sum total in a Sentence
in this case the sum total of physical evidence that a crime has been committed wouldn't fill a thimble
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This offering is even more sprawling than just a castle, however, and includes many outbuildings for its sum total asking less than $1.1 million ($1,057,207 to be exact).
—Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2024
Apple’s portfolio picked up a sum total of zero Macs in the critical last three months.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023
Despite the greater sum total of wealth of pre-modern China, and so the greater surplus which the rentier elites could tax or steal, most of that wealth vis-a-vis Mongolia or Central Asia was realized in the form of people.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2010
That means its stock is valued at a sharp discount to the sum total of Credit Suisse’s hard recoverable assets that can be liquidated to cover debt in the event of collapse — usually a sign of extreme distress.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Sum total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sum%20total. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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sum total
noun
: total result : totality
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