the sum of
idiom
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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Packed with some of the year’s best action sequences that not only deliver the spectacle you are promised but also genuine excitement and peril, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is more than the sum of its parts.
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Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Graham also wrote 16 checks — totaling roughly $435,000 — as well as sent 88 Zelle transfers — the sum of which was about $184,000 — to Williams.
—Miami Herald, 7 July 2025
Euclid’s Axiom 32 is that the sum of the angles of a triangle add up to right angles.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025
Maybe this is on Dunham as writer-director, or on Stalter, or a bit of both, but that inconsistency leaves Too Much feeling like less than the sum of its impressive parts.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
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Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Graham also wrote 16 checks — totaling roughly $435,000 — as well as sent 88 Zelle transfers — the sum of which was about $184,000 — to Williams.
—Miami Herald, 7 July 2025
Euclid’s Axiom 32 is that the sum of the angles of a triangle add up to right angles.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025
Maybe this is on Dunham as writer-director, or on Stalter, or a bit of both, but that inconsistency leaves Too Much feeling like less than the sum of its impressive parts.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
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