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The phrase "a large sum over" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a significant amount of money or a total exceeding a certain value, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The project received a large sum over the initial budget, which surprised the stakeholders."
Alternatives: "a significant amount exceeding" or "a considerable total above".
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Those fees can compound into a large sum over 30 years.
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I learned that he had amassed a large sum of cash over the years and was "very unhappy" with the return he was receiving from his 6 different bank accounts.
The owner of a computer shop says he and other Chinese shopkeepers had handed over a large sum of money to the army just before the riots.
If in 1923 the Reichsbank literally handed over a large sum of cash to the government so it could appease striking workers, QE today is all about encouraging banks to lend more credit to businesses and individuals at a time where the willingness to invest is close to collapse.
When Cyril Ray's house burnt down, Bernard offered to lend him a large sum to tide him over.
When Belfort secures a large sum from a client over speakerphone, he silently mouths expletives in his direction, gesturing obscenely at the faceless voice for an audience of giddy brokers.
If we add up these losses over all time using a zero social discount rate, we get a large sum: a dollar a year over a million years is a million dollars.
The interior minister, Charles Rogier, agreed to hand over a large sum of money to build a studio that would, after Wiertz's death, display his works in perpetuity.
The willingness of a foreign charity to hand over a large sum of cash has, in that context, resolved one of many potential headaches without tying the government to any precedent that would be dangerous for it.
After movers discovered Mr. Kissel's body, they told the police that two days earlier they had overheard Mr. Kissel and his estranged wife, Hayley Wolff Kissel, argue over "a large sum of money," according to the affidavits, as well as jewelry belonging to Mrs. Kissel that she believed her husband had sold.
Her boyfriend called to let me and my girlfriend know that they would distribute the tape to media outlets if we didn't fork over a large sum of money.
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