sum
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The good folks at Fidelity gently sum things up External link: “The second half of the year may continue to present a complicated picture for bond investors,” suggesting “a more limited opportunity set right now.”
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
The total prize money sum is about £7m short of what the players had been hoping for.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
It also is preparing a $20-billion bond issue, which is unusual for a company that just went public, much less for one that just raised a record sum.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
In sum, a hard math problem in the 19th century propelled the conceptual breakthroughs that underlie all the location services on our phones today.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
“Each number is the sum of the two numbers before it. Thirteen plus eight equals twenty-one.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing sum
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Arithmetic
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The Number System
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