How to pronounce sum
Listen to sum in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“sum” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 380 American · 958 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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sum up, cabinet secretary.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 24:35 · hear it here
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the sum that is available um is uh 177% of the sum that the
UK Parliament · watch from 36:39 · hear it here
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sum of protons and neutrons.
CDC · watch from 7:33 · hear it here
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sum to the regional groups.
Census Bureau · watch from 22:54 · hear it here
Why real speech
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