sum
Example Sentences
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The sum of all this is a tragedy of the education commons.
After raising some 400,000 pounds, a phenomenal sum for the time, over a dozen ships and supply boats set sail in three waves, carrying some 2,500 men, women and children.
Many of those travelling to Perth spent vast sums of money, only to see England beaten in the first two-day Ashes Test for 104 years.
From BBC
The spinoff aimed to help the group avoid the so-called conglomerate discount, referring to the gap between a company’s market value and that of the sum of its parts.
These comments, along with her speech, fuelled speculation she needed to raise significant sums to meet her fiscal rules.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
