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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sizable sum in" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a significant amount of money or resources in a specific context, such as finance or transactions.
Example: "The company received a sizable sum in donations to support its charitable initiatives."
Alternatives: "a substantial amount in" or "a considerable sum in".
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The results of her efforts show: in 1999, the Ford Foundation donated $1 million to the organization, a sizable sum in a period of cutbacks by philanthropic institutions.
The pledge was notable for its cost — a sizable sum in this impoverished breakaway enclave of 70,000 — but also because Mr. Luzhkov is the mayor of Moscow, not Tskhinvali.
But it is a sizable sum in the world of French start-ups, where Viadeo has raised less than 50 million euros over all since it was founded in 2004.
As Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show in a fascinating essay on the savings habits of low-income consumers, layaway is a popular way of making big purchases (like washing machines), because, if you don't have a lot of money, the presence of a sizable sum in the house or even in the bank means that you'll be constantly tempted to dip into it.
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Today, Dawn, one of Pakistan's English-language newspapers, reported that the government had so far recovered $291 million in nonperforming loans, a sizable sum but still only 10percentt of the total amount in default.
Aside from the prestige and the renown, the fact is that top-level soccer teams can bring in a sizable sum when they are re-sold.
The Western diplomat said the Afghan man was initially given a sizable sum of money to take part in the talks — and to help persuade him to return.
While $185 million is a sizable sum, it is nowhere close to larger jackpots in the past.
Madoff's alleged scam appears to have started to unravel when investors feeling the pain of the credit crunch put in claims for redemptions of $7bn - a sizable sum for a firm that claimed to have $17.1bn under management.
Speaking of Schneiderman, in 2014, the Trump Foundation gave $100,000 (a sizable sum by its standards) to Citizens United, a conservative group that was then suing the New York AG over his efforts to get them to disclose their donor list.
He owed my father a sizable sum.
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