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sum

[suhm] / sʌm /


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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

That ratio is the index’s market capitalization divided by the sum of consensus earnings estimates for constituent companies for the next 12 months.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 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 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

Now, instead of thinking of the race as a sum of infinite parts, think of it as a limit of finite sub-races.

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




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