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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a total sum" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the complete amount resulting from the addition of various numbers or values.
Example: "After calculating all the expenses, the total sum came to $1,500."
Alternatives: "an overall total" or "a complete amount".
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(Another defamatory accusation that cost several newspapers a total sum in excess of £2m).
The document lists more than 1,000 investors who are late paying what they owe — a total sum of more than $65 million.
Since last December, the MoD had reached agreement in a further 22 claims, with a total sum of just over £1.1 million.
"Between 11 October 2000 and 8 August 2008 Mr Horton dishonestly procured the payment by the claimant [MGN] to various accounts held or controlled by himself, by Mrs Horton, and by friends and relatives of theirs, of a total sum of at least £371,880," Tugendhat's judgement stated.
The PSS questionnaire had a total sum of 56.
The company saw more than 2,000 backers who contributed a total sum of $600K+ to the project.
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The Expectations domain is comprised of a five-point Likert scale with 4 items, with a total sum ranging from 4 (lower expectations) to 20 (higher expectations) [ 8, 9].
26 A total sum-score was calculated from all 15 items of the scale.
The participant rates the frequency of each symptom from 0 = never to 4 = very often, providing a total sum-score (range, 0 72).
This scale provides a total sum-score, based on ratings of symptom frequencies from 0 = not at all, to 3 = very much/very frequently (range 0 54).
The items of the YSR and ASR are summarized in two broad band scales pertaining to internalizing and externalizing problems and there is a total sum-score called the total problems scale.
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