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But for Muslims, it was Tuesday’s rite of praying at Arafat that represented the sum and substance of the Hajj.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

"The tax is in sum and substance one quarter of one percent, it's nothing," Steck said in a phone interview.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2021

Eons ago, these were the sum and substance of man’s prescription for pain relief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2016

But it isn’t the sum and substance of the Unabridged revision.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2015

This show covers all: to seem, not to be, makes the sum and substance of education.”

From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel




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