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 on the Web Last weekend, the sum total of all movies grossed a bleak of $38 million in the U.S. and Canada in three days, nearly a low for the year. Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022 What has received far less discussion than the outrageousness of her daily utterances is what the sum total of them portends for America under a Republican majority with Greene in the vanguard. Robert Draper, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022 Although modern civil rights laws are principally antidiscrimination laws, that should not be their sum total. WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022 Globally, hydrogen is still a minuscule part of the global energy mix, with the sum total of hydrogen electrolyzers in operation last year producing roughly 1GW of power. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 14 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for sum total 

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“Sum total.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sum%20total. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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