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add (up)

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Definition of add (up)

as in to number

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Hughes’s move to Liverpool was bound up in Edwards’ return, so his days at the club were numbered once Edwards grew disillusioned over FSG’s reluctance to commit to a multi-club ownership model.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The cuts come to a health care system that once numbered 6,500 primary healthcare facilities and 300 public hospitals, but that already was decimated in the first year and a half of war.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

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The Lakers announced the plan Tuesday to honor Jackson, who led the Lakers to five championships and seven NBA Finals appearances during two stints totaling 11 seasons as their head coach.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Even if Jeanty is active and starting against the ’Fins, the second fiddle should total at least 10-12 touches.

— Brad Evans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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Batteries handle rapid swings The need for such systems comes from the changing power demand of large computing facilities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Instead, OpenAI’s AI systems autonomously decided to hack into Hugging Face’s systems, create a sort of illicit message board to exchange information and even expose some of OpenAI’s own computing infrastructure to the open internet.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of compute

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In fact, the tricks enumerated in the paper are already getting old, one of the paper’s authors, Tina Yeung, told me.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
The statement goes on to enumerate a long list of actions the team has taken in the last year to accommodate the investigation, including Ballmer allegedly footing a $50M legal tab from the investigating firm.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of enumerate

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Polyester runs through fashion’s online racks—but precisely how much depends on what is being counted.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
That’s welcome news for the major Hollywood studios, which still count theatrical revenue as a key source of business during a tumultuous time for the industry.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of count

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Home plate umpire Doug Eddings called time to tell Hancel Rincon to fix his hat.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Several parents previously told the Democrat-Gazette and other local media that the couple then disappeared and stopped responding to emails or phone calls.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2026

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