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sum total

noun

Definition of sum total

as in total

a complete amount of something in this case the sum total of physical evidence that a crime has been committed wouldn't fill a thimble

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Recent Examples of sum total And while Terry technically did not have a turnover on Monday night, some of his drives to nowhere wind up as the same sum total. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025 His incendiary rhymes, which boldly call out the atrocities carried out by the country’s dictatorial regime, have resulted in multiple arrests and extended stretches in prison over the last five years, for a sum total of 753 days. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025 Apple’s portfolio picked up a sum total of zero Macs in the critical last three months. — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023 Conversely, their sum total energy is higher if their spins are pointing in opposite directions. — Peter McMahon, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018 See All Example Sentences for sum total

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Noun

The total does not include other deaths blamed on the heat since late June.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 July 2026
The governor took in a total of $471,104 – all in outside contributions – in June compared to a combined total of $350,288 between Minogue and Shortsleeve.

— Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Definition of total

Noun

Another newspaper calculated the sum to be roughly 3,000 pounds, or something near a half-million dollars today.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is sharing the hefty sum Taylor Swift paid the city for her Madison Square Garden wedding to Travis Kelce earlier this month.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of sum

Noun

Bilbao Bilbao, on the Bay of Biscay at the northern edge of the path, gets a short totality, but has a spectacular elevated spot to watch the eclipse close to the center.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 5 July 2026
On August 12, 2026, totality will be visible from remote northern Russia, eastern Greenland, western Iceland, northern Spain and the very northwestern tip of Portugal.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of totality

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These creative calculations suggest a grand total of about 20 million species of insects, many of them with behaviors and physical adaptations and remarkable lives scientists today can only dream of discovering.

— Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
That’d bring a grand total of $254 million, or €223 million, which is significant in the soccer market.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of grand total

Noun

To apply with your hands, dispense two dropper fulls, rub the palms of your hands together, and then evenly rub into your face and neck—just don’t forget to wash your hands when you’re done.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025
All sizes will be available, including twins from $99, fulls ($149), queens ($199) and kings ($299).

— Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2020

Definition of full

Noun

Copyright infringement occurs when the whole or a substantial part of a work protected by copyright — such as a photograph, illustration or novel — is reproduced without the author’s permission.

— Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
Tax efficiency leaks in the gaps between advisors, each managing their corner without seeing the whole.

— Anatoly Iofe, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026