sum
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This doesn’t necessarily have to be a lump sum every month — instead, the child could buy groceries or pay the electric bill or family phone plan each month.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
The fund managers can demand one quarter of the payment in cash, a sum that StepStone has estimated could reach $660 million.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
“It’s not necessarily a financial hurdle,” Evans says, noting “Choo Choo Revue” cost $300,000, with about half of that sum dedicated to the creation of new puppets and scenery.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Hammond won his appeal a year later and a county court judge ordered the full sum to be returned and awarded him £8,000 in legal costs.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The Agricultural Revolution certainly enlarged the sum total of food at the disposal of humankind, but the extra food did not translate into a better diet or more leisure.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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