the sum of
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1
: an amount of (money)
I paid the sum of $500.
2
: the result of (adding two or more numbers together)
The sum of 5 and 7 is 12
3
: all there is of : the whole amount of
Working odd summer jobs has been the sum of my experience so far.
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Studio executives, meanwhile, dismiss YouTube and its growth as something less than the sum of its parts.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
But for Harms, a home represents far more than the sum of those parts.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Our thesis, which aligns with many other analysts’ views, is that the sum of DuPont’s two parts is worth more than the stock traded as a whole.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
In each round, everybody would update their scores to the sum of their friends’ scores.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
But for Harms, a home represents far more than the sum of those parts.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Our thesis, which aligns with many other analysts’ views, is that the sum of DuPont’s two parts is worth more than the stock traded as a whole.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
In each round, everybody would update their scores to the sum of their friends’ scores.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
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