sum total

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I give her a one-page spreadsheet listing where all our money is, the balances and how the sum total compares with previous years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

But he devoted a sum total of fewer than six pages to this radical claim and spent most of them mischaracterizing Supreme Court precedent.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

Ten minutes versus Nice; 28 versus Fraserburgh; 12 versus Motherwell; and one against St Mirren has been the sum total of Rice's first-team involvement.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

In other words, the sum total of that company’s annual contracts adds up to the equivalent of the entire U.S. budget for diplomacy.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2024

Steve Jobs, too, gave credit to his arts training, which was just about the sum total of his higher education.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove