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• So that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 28 June 2023
• The whole was so much greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
• The whole isn’t always greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
• But as with the best stories, the truth is more than the sum of its parts.
  — Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
• The axis of the sanctioned will be more than the sum of its parts.
  — Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2023
• Now this is a recipe truly greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Michelle Huneven, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• The benefits of this swarm are greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
• This is the first of the group’s projects to sound greater than the sum of its parts, to feel singular.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2021
• The filling becomes much greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• He’s always punched above his weight and made a team more than the sum of its parts.
  — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
• This is a clear example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
• And those virtues and talents combine to form a whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2023
• Topped with a layer of chocolate ganache, this crust is much more than the sum of its parts.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
• Sonically, though, the duo is greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2022
• Used as a guesthouse, just as his mom had hoped, the cottage is now much more than the sum of its parts.
  — Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 26 Jan. 2023
• But food, like other aspects of culture, is more than the sum of its parts.
  — Emiene Wright, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• After all, just like any team, a company's brand is worth more than the sum of its parts.
  — Aimee Meester, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• The works in the show involve actual art and actual science, and the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
  — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
• Its power comes from a shared sense of community that is more than the sum of its parts.
  — J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2023
• There are times and places when apparel is more than fashion, when the total is more than the sum of its parts.
  — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
• The value of a single, unwieldy enterprise may be greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
• Leave room for chè chuối, a dessert of tapioca, coconut and banana that is more than the sum of its parts ($11).
  — Chelsea Conaboy, New York Times, 20 June 2024
• Of course, a great hotel is greater than the sum of its parts, no matter how exquisite those parts may be.
  — Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
• Here, each voice works to create something greater than the sum of its parts, which is rare for supergroups.
  — Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 31 Mar. 2023
• All those things happened together and the look became greater than the sum of its parts somehow.
  — Monica Corcoran Harel, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
• But Apple is betting that its AI offering will be greater than the sum of its parts.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 June 2024
• Here’s more: As a whole can be greater than the sum of its parts, so a complete poem is richer than the sum of all the things that can be said about its passages.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
• The whole is always greater than the sum of its parts, as each modality has its own strengths, which reflect onto the others.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• What happens when three powerhouse women join forces to build something greater than the sum of its parts?
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
• But this team remains greater than the sum of its parts, filled with comeback stories, youthful energy and a style that just keeps working.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 15 May 2025