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[suhm] / sʌm /


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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

He said the $68 million is simply the estimated sum coming from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, not a policy choice to reduce funding.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In 2010, a clone of his champion mare Cuartetera sold at auction for $800,000, an eye-popping sum for a polo pony at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 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

“That is a bank-note,” repeated Mr. Jaggers, “for five hundred pounds. And a very handsome sum of money too, I think. You consider it so?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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