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But Adam Carter Rehmeier‘s thriller, like many a good B-movie, adds up to more than the sum of its parts, with star power and star chemistry its major elevating, unquantifiable factors.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 June 2026
At Kyles Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church in Oak Park, which was the church Royster’s mother attended, Baker donated a significant sum to build the church a kitchen named in her honor.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2026
The same technology that has pulled record sums into the stock market is now testing the patience of the most conservative investors in finance.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
That however many holes the team had in 2025 — which for the Cowboys equalled the sum of playing 76 rounds of golf — are magically filled just in time for the start of training camp.
—Mac Engel
june 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 June 2026
At Kyles Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church in Oak Park, which was the church Royster’s mother attended, Baker donated a significant sum to build the church a kitchen named in her honor.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2026
The same technology that has pulled record sums into the stock market is now testing the patience of the most conservative investors in finance.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
That however many holes the team had in 2025 — which for the Cowboys equalled the sum of playing 76 rounds of golf — are magically filled just in time for the start of training camp.
—Mac Engel
june 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
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“Sum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sum. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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sum
1 of 2 noun1
: an indefinite or specified amount of money
2
: the whole amount
the sum of your experience
3
a
: a summary of the chief points or thoughts
b
: the main point
the sum and substance of an argument
4
a
: the result of adding numbers
the sum of 5 and 7 is 12
b
: a problem in arithmetic
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