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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

A city clerk, oppressed by the deadly monotony of his life, thinks of going to Australia—and doesn’t go: that is the sum and substance of the action.

From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker




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