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as in total
a complete amount of something
the sum of human knowledge on that subject
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as in summary
a short statement of the main points
the district attorney delivered a sum of the evidence against the accused that was simply staggering
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as in height
the highest part or point
he declared that he had reached the sum of joy when his newborn daughter was laid in his arms
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as in essence
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the sum of the issue is: who will pay for this?
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as in to add
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator
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Recent Examples of sum
Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Seven California ports received one-third of the grant money, with the Port of Los Angeles getting the largest sum of $411 million.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Amit Gandhi, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
The price movement comes just as a technical committee of the influential OPEC+ — summing the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies — is set to meet on Thursday and assess compliance with individual members’ production quotas.
—Ruxandra Iordache,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 July 2024
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Noun
The bill was eventually sent to collections, where it was reduced to $13,000, a sum that took Macedo do Nascimento five years to pay off.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Seven California ports received one-third of the grant money, with the Port of Los Angeles getting the largest sum of $411 million.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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To sum it up, customers are looking for engaging experiences across multiple touchpoints with personalization in the mix.
—Amit Gandhi, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
The price movement comes just as a technical committee of the influential OPEC+ — summing the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies — is set to meet on Thursday and assess compliance with individual members’ production quotas.
—Ruxandra Iordache,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 July 2024
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This decision gave Bush a total of 271 electoral votes.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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The fall cut Target’s market capitalization by $15.7 billion, leaving the company’s outstanding shares to be valued at a total of $56.2 billion.Evan Clark, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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Officers were dispatched to Mahomes' house in Belton, Missouri, roughly 28 miles south of Kansas City, shortly after midnight Oct. 6, an incident summary from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office shows.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Now, Cook, 64, relies on summaries from Apple Intelligence, the tech giant’s newest AI offering.Morgan Smith, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Fix: Stick To The Numbers The right shelf height, Basley says, is 14- to 16-inches tall.Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
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From elegant vaporizers and bongs, to luxury cannabis fashion, to storage solutions that double as art, these gifts will elevate any cannabis experience to new heights.Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Paramount Nearly every TV show that Taylor Sheridan has ever produced has been, in essence, a crime drama.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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The tools take advantage of Generative adversarial networks, which, in essence, try to trick the AI algorithm with incorrect (i.e., adversarial) data.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Donald Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election isn’t expected to slow the momentum to add EV trucks to the ports or end innovation in the region.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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Trump put the call on speaker and Zelensky thanked Musk for his help with providing communications through Starlink to Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia, a source added.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The enthusiasm carried over to DeGeneres’s entrance, which was greeted by rapturous applause that seemed to last for the totality of her new and final hour.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
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The totality phase, where the Moon is entirely within Earth's umbra, can last up to about 1 hour and 40 minutes.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024
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The Regency era dates back to the early 1800s in England and was the pinnacle of high society, extravagance, and strict etiquette.Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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Essentially, ‘just refill’ is encouraging consumers to reuse and refill because reusability is the pinnacle of sustainability.Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The village, which is around 215 miles from the coastal Indian city of Chennai, has multiple banners and billboards of Harris, who could become America's first leader with South Asian roots.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In Caddo Lake, a brain-melting sci-fi film starring Dylan O’Brien that hit Max last month, the wetlands symbolize all of the above and then some as multiple characters try to get to the root of some seriously-hard-to-explain events.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Sum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sum. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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