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
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.
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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
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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
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Additional bands of the lake-effect snow could bring the total to 3 feet.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Despite two more Fed rate cuts for a total of 100 basis points, or 1 percentage point, of easing in 2024, the 10-year Treasury yield remained elevated.Paulina Likos, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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Discount or mortgage points are sums borrowers pay to get a lower mortgage interest rate, with a point usually representing a quarter of a percent from the rate for 1% of the loan amount.Erik Sherman, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Kamara joins Amazon over the festive period (Richard Pelham/Getty Images) The sums involved were ultimately too big for Amazon.Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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Millions of Americans, from southern Texas to northern Maine were in the path of totality where the moon completely blots out the sun.Visual Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Over the course of an hour and 40 minutes, this year’s path of totality—the area marked by total darkness—stretched from Mazatlán, Mexico, to Newfoundland, Canada.Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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McCallister uses a dollar-off coupon for a grand total of $19.83.Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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In total, the Magnificent Jewels auction was sold 97 percent by lot, for a grand total of $49.2 million.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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When in their feeding grounds, a gray whale typically eats about 1.3 tons of food — mouth-fulls of crustaceans, worms, shrimp and small, schooling fish — per day, according to researchers.Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2020
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Mansour’s iconic 1973 painting The Camel of Hardship depicts an elderly Palestinian man carrying the whole of Jerusalem on his back.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Scaling that model to cover the whole of Syria, however, seems impossible.Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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