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
The two used threatening notes to rob a Bank of America and an East West Bank in San Francisco on Nov. 19, 2022, netting a sum total of $2,600.
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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
Conversely, their sum total energy is higher if their spins are pointing in opposite directions.
—Peter McMahon, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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
Conversely, their sum total energy is higher if their spins are pointing in opposite directions.
—Peter McMahon, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sum total
Noun
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Mehdi Bostanchi owns a ventilation and air conditioning factory, and a second producing household fans, with a total of more than 1,130 employees.—
Amir-Hussein Radjy,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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As part of his plea agreements, Jones agreed to give up a total of $73,000 and, at sentencing, could be ordered to pay additional sums as restitution.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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His leadership of Amazon’s cloud business has coincided with the AI boom and the remarkable scramble among cloud providers, including Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, to spend eye-popping sums building data centers and other AI infrastructure.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Paying upfront huge sums of money for an A-lister to do a show or movie at a streamer, that looks like success regardless of whether anybody showed up to actually watch it, but that doesn’t make sense in terms of how success has traditionally been understood.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The speed and totality with which this happened shocked everyone except Mother, who said with pride that this aggression was what being a man meant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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Paradoxically, his quest for totality entailed a diminishment—of size, of scale, of material.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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This hotel offers a grand total of 226 spacious suites, including The Penthouse, a two-story, two-bedroom oasis with a kitchen, media room, atrium, and waterfall.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2026
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So far this year, the founder of Moms First, has received a grand total of 10.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.—
Ginny Monk,
ProPublica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Still, his season on the whole was underwhelming, finishing with just 28 points, his lowest since the 56-game 2020-21 season.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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