the sum total
noun
: the whole amount : the entire total of something
—usually + of
The sum total of the payments will be $28,000.
That's the sum total of what I know about cars.
Examples of the sum total in a Sentence
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Most policy changes other than tariffs will have small impacts on the short-run economic forecast, some positive and some negative but the sum total very small.
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Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Individuals should be judged only on their performances in the Premier League, rather than the sum total of their careers.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Each neuron then applies a simple function to the sum total of its inputs, called an activation function.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Aug. 2024
And this $830 million issuance would be added to the outstanding debt already issued by the city during the past 25 years, the sum total of which at last reporting was $29.2 billion (not including pension liabilities, which adds another $36 billion).
—Dana Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
An empiricist might say that the sum total of these articles simply adds to human knowledge.
—Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
And as insurance companies contend with the sum total of these disasters, those higher costs are passed on to policyholders.
—Natalie Escobar, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
As a result of those moves and a quiet approach to offseason moves, the sum total of Red Sox playoff games since the 2018 championship is 12 – all in 2021 when a surprising team made it to Game 6 of the ALCS.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
That's about the sum total of how much every human on the planet weighs.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
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Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Individuals should be judged only on their performances in the Premier League, rather than the sum total of their careers.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Each neuron then applies a simple function to the sum total of its inputs, called an activation function.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Aug. 2024
And this $830 million issuance would be added to the outstanding debt already issued by the city during the past 25 years, the sum total of which at last reporting was $29.2 billion (not including pension liabilities, which adds another $36 billion).
—Dana Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
An empiricist might say that the sum total of these articles simply adds to human knowledge.
—Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
And as insurance companies contend with the sum total of these disasters, those higher costs are passed on to policyholders.
—Natalie Escobar, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
As a result of those moves and a quiet approach to offseason moves, the sum total of Red Sox playoff games since the 2018 championship is 12 – all in 2021 when a surprising team made it to Game 6 of the ALCS.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
That's about the sum total of how much every human on the planet weighs.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
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“The sum total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20sum%20total. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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