sum total
complete numerical total: the sum total of my savings.
essence; substance: The sum total of research in the field.
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How to use sum total in a sentence
The stock markets, meanwhile — the sum total of public equities — are worth an estimated $48 trillion.
Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy? (Ep. 482) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 11, 2021 | FreakonomicsI had seen a distant spout once, when crossing the Atlantic by boat, but that was my sum total exposure to any whale species.
The Man Who Seduced the World with Whale Songs - Issue 105: Whale Songs | Stuart Firestein | September 8, 2021 | NautilusThis all puts an organization’s attack surface—the sum total of the nooks and crannies hackers can pry into—at risk.
A game changer in IT security | MIT Technology Review Insights | September 8, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThis is the sum total of what I’ve learned about how to keep your stuff at its best.
Leibniz, on the other hand, claimed that space and time were nothing more than the sum total of distances and durations between all the objects and events of the world.
Is Reality a Game of Quantum Mirrors? A New Theory Suggests It Might Be | Peter Evans | June 30, 2021 | Singularity Hub
When asked if that was “the sum total of the conversation about that,” Jackson replied, “Uh-huh, correct.”
Why Has Paula Deen Been Vilified, While Alec Baldwin’s Been Given a Pass? | Marlow Stern | July 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sum total of these moves seem aimed at putting the kibosh on diplomacy.
But the insured losses for insurance companies may not reflect the sum total of economic damage suffered by the region.
I think most people who know John recognize that this mistake is not the sum total of who he is.
How Florida Polo Mogul’s Girlfriend-Adoption Ploy May Backfire | Jacqui Goddard | February 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is the sum total of all the science fiction movies that have come before.
There need be no fear that with shortened hours of labor the sum total of production would fall short of human needs.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockFor what we call mind exists, and it must be contained in the sum-total of existence, or how could it arise out of it?
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdIt would hold the sum-total of all moneys disbursed, even if they were reduced to the standard of vulgar copper.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas WigginIt was of no more consequence in the sum total than the life of some obscure individual in the teeming millions of the earth.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairHere was my favorite text, here my sum total of speculative philosophy.
My New Curate | P.A. Sheehan
Other Idioms and Phrases with sum total
The entirety, everything, as in I spent all day in the kitchen and the sum total of my efforts is this cake. [Mid-1600s]
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