"Clean" version for P(A or B or C ...) for non-mutually exclusive events?

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I would like to make a disclaimer that I am still relatively new to probability, if I have used some incorrect naming convention(s) for probability, I do apologize.

The Problem

Suppose you have b number of non-mutually exclusive events such that $P(A_{1}) = P(A_{2}) = ... = P(A_{b})\text.$

Is there a "simplification" (perhaps this is the wrong word) for

$$P(A_{1}\;or\;A_{2}\;or\;...\;or\;A_{b})?$$

Previous Research

I looked online and was unable to find anything helpful or that I could understand, except for the fact that for non-mutually exclusive events A and B,

$$P(A\;or\;B)=P(A)\;+\;P(B)\;-P(A\;and\;B).$$ $$P(A\;and\;B)=P(A)\;*\;P(B|A)$$

My Personal Attempt

I gave many goes at simplifying this, and this was my best attempt yet:

EDIT: As Henry has pointed out in the comments for this post, I was mistaken in some of my assumptions. Therefore, my attempt was wrong. I have also changed the Previous Research section to state correct statements.