sum total
Example Sentences
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Though each home’s energy generation is capped at a relatively paltry 800 watts, their sum total across the country equates to a large power plant, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
It is now Saturday, and the sum total of negotiating progress that has been made is nothing.
From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2026
Starting in the 1950s and up to 2019, there was a sum total of roughly 2,000 operating satellites in orbit.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
The sum total of these ideas is our culture, which “makes our individual lives rich and fulfilling,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
The sum total of vegetation on this land was enough to keep one cow in food for approximately sixteen days out of every year.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
