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sum

[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

This year’s gubernatorial contest is not the first time Steyer has spent an inordinate sum seeking office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

People who had carefully planned their retirement, and had expected to clear mortgage debt or car finance, were left with no lump sum and no income.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 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

Well, let’s start off with 2, and subtract the terms of the sum, one by one.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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