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sum up

[suhm-uhp] / ˈsʌmˌʌp /


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How would you sum up your investment thesis for infrastructure investment, whether software or hardware?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Critic W. David Marx, looking to sum up the curiously stagnant opening decades of the 21st century, cribbed a phrase from one of its enduring icons for the title of his book “Blank Space.”

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

She is one of the finest singer-songwriters this country ever produced, and it’s inconceivable to sum up her catalog in just an LP’s worth of tunes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

You can cherry-pick plenty of numbers to sum up the crises in the United Kingdom.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

“No, that is hardly the sum of it” Nor does it sum up Hamlet’s case, I think.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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