sum

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"There's a little period of reflection where you sum up your day's work and look back at it," Potts says, speaking almost three months on.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Virtus has also reached a deal for an undisclosed sum with Chemaf’s largest creditor, Trafigura, a commodity-trading giant based in Singapore and Switzerland, according to Powch, who is chief financial officer at Virtus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“But when you sum them all up together, it’s actually quite a substantial deviation from that standard.”

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The transaction will leave the combined company with nearly $80-billion in debt, a sum that experts say will lead to significant cost cuts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The limit of the sum 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ... is 2.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife