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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In that sense, South Asia is primarily the sum of interactions among India’s neighbors with India and India with its neighbors.
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Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2024
Most foods are no more or less healthy than the sum of their parts and pasta salad is no exception.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
Not one character is more than the sum of their mannerisms, and some are much less—including the director whom Kelly hires, a flamboyantly gay man named Lance (Jim Rash).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
What will be the sum of those moves (if completed)?
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 8 July 2024
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Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2024
Most foods are no more or less healthy than the sum of their parts and pasta salad is no exception.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
Not one character is more than the sum of their mannerisms, and some are much less—including the director whom Kelly hires, a flamboyantly gay man named Lance (Jim Rash).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
What will be the sum of those moves (if completed)?
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 8 July 2024
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