sum
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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
In sum, Iran is far weaker today than it was in February.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Both Mrs Brown and Sir Alan Bates were part of the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme, and those claimants were offered the option of taking a fixed sum of £75,000 or pursuing their own settlement.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Once again, let us consider the story of Achilles and the tortoise, which is an infinite sum of steps that get closer and closer to zero.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Number System
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