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It is now Saturday, and the sum total of negotiating progress that has been made is nothing.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2026

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

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

Europe is a sum total of different countries with different-sized budgets and diverse domestic politics and priorities.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

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




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