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
This offering is even more sprawling than just a castle, however, and includes many outbuildings for its sum total asking less than $1.1 million ($1,057,207 to be exact).
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Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2024
Apple’s portfolio picked up a sum total of zero Macs in the critical last three months.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023
Despite the greater sum total of wealth of pre-modern China, and so the greater surplus which the rentier elites could tax or steal, most of that wealth vis-a-vis Mongolia or Central Asia was realized in the form of people.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2010
That means its stock is valued at a sharp discount to the sum total of Credit Suisse’s hard recoverable assets that can be liquidated to cover debt in the event of collapse — usually a sign of extreme distress.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2022
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Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2024
Apple’s portfolio picked up a sum total of zero Macs in the critical last three months.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023
Despite the greater sum total of wealth of pre-modern China, and so the greater surplus which the rentier elites could tax or steal, most of that wealth vis-a-vis Mongolia or Central Asia was realized in the form of people.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2010
That means its stock is valued at a sharp discount to the sum total of Credit Suisse’s hard recoverable assets that can be liquidated to cover debt in the event of collapse — usually a sign of extreme distress.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sum total
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Raleigh is this summer's cheapest destination for a total of $1,036, followed closely by Jacksonville, Florida, at $1,044.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 May 2025
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Additionally, Queen Bey has now played more shows at SoFi Stadium than any other artist in the venue’s history, with a total of eight, counting 2023’s RENAISSANCE tour.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
13 May 2025
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Families outside Libya are blackmailed with cellphone videos of their relatives being tortured to pay varying sums for their release — payments that often offer no real guarantee of freedom.—
Renata Brito,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Of that sum, 77,000 units are via traditional album sales.—
Kevin Rutherford,
Billboard,
8 May 2025
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Mario Tama / Getty Images Many in the U.S. outside of the path of totality saw a partial solar eclipse, when the moon covers part of the sun.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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This eclipse will have no period of darkness, known as totality.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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As Rojas and Barnes came up, the only player left on the team’s bench was Chris Taylor, another right-handed hitter who has taken a grand total of 20 at-bats all season.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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Jalen Pickett late this season as a potentially viable – and in contrast to Westbrook’s volatility, steadier and more stabilizing – point guard option, albeit one with a grand total of 11 minutes of NBA playoff experience.—
Joel Rush,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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All sizes will be available, including twins from $99, fulls ($149), queens ($199) and kings ($299).—
Don Maines,
Houston Chronicle,
27 Feb. 2020
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When in their feeding grounds, a gray whale typically eats about 1.3 tons of food — mouth-fulls of crustaceans, worms, shrimp and small, schooling fish — per day, according to researchers.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Jan. 2020
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Peter Senge describes systems thinking as the ability to view an organization as a dynamic and interconnected whole.—
Balmukund Shukla,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Road trips for me had always been about making a whole of the places that lay between two points, of filling in the gaps.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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