How to pronounce total
Listen to total in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“total” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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total total; the total total is based on the specific numbers.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 30:46 · hear it here
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state total population was invariant county total population was not.
Census Bureau · watch from 42:25 · hear it here
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agreement in the total costs and the total award amount.
NIH · watch from 24:50 · hear it here
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total regulatory capital.
Federal Reserve · watch from 7:37 · hear it here
Why real speech
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