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sum total

noun

Definition of sum total

as in total

a complete amount of something in this case the sum total of physical evidence that a crime has been committed wouldn't fill a thimble

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Recent Examples of sum total The report did not provide details on when, where and how funds were spent, only sum totals for each district. — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 His incendiary rhymes, which boldly call out the atrocities carried out by the country’s dictatorial regime, have resulted in multiple arrests and extended stretches in prison over the last five years, for a sum total of 753 days. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025 Apple’s portfolio picked up a sum total of zero Macs in the critical last three months. — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023 Conversely, their sum total energy is higher if their spins are pointing in opposite directions. — Peter McMahon, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018 See All Example Sentences for sum total

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Noun

The robot has been OK on totals this season (4-3), so maybe this is a smart move.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Trudy was expected to bring 4-8 inches (10-20 centimeters) of rain through the weekend, with isolated totals of around 12 inches (30 centimeters) along and near the coast in Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of total

Noun

Here, the seller advances a sum of money to the buyer’s lender, which then reduces the buyer’s mortgage rate for a certain period, usually a year or two.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Some companies are loath to spend large sums of money on new equipment when there are no tangible benefits or savings.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sum

Noun

We’re usually not supposed to look directly at the sun except during the glorious totality of a solar eclipse.

— Damien Pine, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Along the way are mountain towns, desert oases, Mediterranean islands and historic cities where eclipse chasers can experience anything from a few minutes to more than six minutes of totality.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of totality

Noun

In just its first two days, the feature-length doc racked up 9 million views, the streamer reported on Tuesday, second only to Millie Bobby Brown threequel Enola Holmes 3 (12 million views over the fulls even days).

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
To apply with your hands, dispense two dropper fulls, rub the palms of your hands together, and then evenly rub into your face and neck—just don’t forget to wash your hands when you’re done.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025

Definition of full

Noun

Speeding up one part does not necessarily speed up the whole.

— Luis Aburto, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Cooked, though, is like a film about said playground, each shot carefully captured and then edited into a strange and multivalent whole that could take a lifetime to parse.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026