the sum total
noun
: the whole amount : the entire total of something
—usually + of
The sum total of the payments will be $28,000.
That's the sum total of what I know about cars.
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This was the sum total of available scientific evidence when a 20-year-old woman came to her doctors in Erlangen, Germany, asking to try anything for her severe and uncontrolled lupus.
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Those three games, those nine at bats, were the sum total of Edman’s experience batting clean-up in the major leagues.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Some of those nominations had been prediction (Oldman was considered a favorite), but some weren’t and the sum total was impressive.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
Was Joel McHale representing the sum total of Fox’s live-action programming the episode’s best sight gag?
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
Dylan plays it in the shows that appear on Discs 1 through 8 here—the sum total of his performances of the song onstage.
—Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
But the sum total of the efforts is not yet delivering for either Palestinians in Gaza or for the hostages being held in Gaza.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 4 Aug. 2024
Does the sum total of suffering transpiring in our corner of the universe outweigh the wonder of living?
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 June 2024
And such valuations are based on the sum total of economic intelligence collected by local and international investors.
—Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Those three games, those nine at bats, were the sum total of Edman’s experience batting clean-up in the major leagues.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Some of those nominations had been prediction (Oldman was considered a favorite), but some weren’t and the sum total was impressive.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
Was Joel McHale representing the sum total of Fox’s live-action programming the episode’s best sight gag?
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
Dylan plays it in the shows that appear on Discs 1 through 8 here—the sum total of his performances of the song onstage.
—Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
But the sum total of the efforts is not yet delivering for either Palestinians in Gaza or for the hostages being held in Gaza.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 4 Aug. 2024
Does the sum total of suffering transpiring in our corner of the universe outweigh the wonder of living?
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 June 2024
And such valuations are based on the sum total of economic intelligence collected by local and international investors.
—Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
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“The sum total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20sum%20total. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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