sum total

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His unconditional affection is a great reminder that my professional output isn’t the sum total of my value as a human being.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Europe is a sum total of different countries with different-sized budgets and diverse domestic politics and priorities.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

But not really much, ultimately about as much as the sum total of the unscripted “not a joke,” “not hyperbole,” and “I mean that literally” asides scattered throughout.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024

In other words, the sum total of that company’s annual contracts adds up to the equivalent of the entire U.S. budget for diplomacy.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2024

The sum total of vegetation on this land was enough to keep one cow in food for approximately sixteen days out of every year.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols