sum
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Another incentive to take the higher sum: What if you invested that $700 every month for the next 19 years, and spent the rest living your best life?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
People who had carefully planned their retirement, and had expected to clear mortgage debt or car finance, were left with no lump sum and no income.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
In sum, it all sounds less like a good-faith effort to invigorate a vital newsmagazine for modern times—and more like an effort to have it fall apart, piece by piece.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
He argued to jurors Monday that a “reasonable sum for this loss is $10 million.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
“To sum up, sir,” said Wemmick, “Mr. Jaggers was altogether too many for the jury, and they gave in.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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