sum total
Example Sentences
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As Rick Rubin explained in “The Creative Act,” “In creating art, the sum total of the parts often defies expectation.”
From Washington Post
He won two La Liga titles as a player with Athletic Bilbao in the 1980s but the sum total of his managerial experience at club level was 11 games with Alaves a dozen years ago.
From BBC
If one were to make up an identity for a fictitious writer, the results would resemble something like the sum total of Koekkoek’s online experience.
From Los Angeles Times
The sum total of their efforts has worried Democrats, who have long felt that the program is critical yet still insufficient to address families’ food needs.
From Washington Post
Contemporary reviewers didn’t know what to make of this one, but Colette called “The Pure and the Impure” her “personal contribution to the sum total of our knowledge of the senses.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
