Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (up)
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Since the club’s formation in 1902, Real Madrid, like their rivals Barcelona, have been owned by ‘socios’, or club members, who number around 100,000 today.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Migaloo belongs to the east Australian humpback population, which was believed to number around 17,000 in 2012.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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The slew of modifications should be in good shape, too, as the car has totaled just 2,300 miles since leaving Germany a second time.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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Once a single dining room, the space has expanded to include six separate rooms and a full-service bar, totaling 13,000 square feet.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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Kate Prouty, the chief information officer at Akamai Technologies, says workers at the cybersecurity and cloud computing company have developed a voracious appetite for artificial intelligence.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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So, this means that there is another major buyer out there looking to stand up significant data center computing power.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Kyung Lee, a Houston attorney representing plaintiffs who forced Waldrop into involuntary bankruptcy in April, enumerated accusations of fraud and financial mismanagement that have been leveled against the developer.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Aug. 2025
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Zuckerberg enumerates one of these very specifically, and in my view, this is one of the biggest contributions of this essay.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Kyle Davidson and the Blackhawks are counting on it.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The inspector counted about 53 pieces of rodent poop, including 20 in the kitchen under a storage rack and 15 in a storage area under the ice bin and storage shelves and another 15 under a flip-top cooler.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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Debris that may be key evidence could be as small as a fingernail, experts told CNN, and might have been thrown miles away.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Those last six words are telling.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Farm to table For the first time this year, some of South Florida’s top chefs have started to source local oysters.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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The committee debated whether doctors should wait a month before giving a dose—even though some women aren’t screened for the virus during pregnancy and the virus can be transmitted by other caregivers—but ultimately decided to table the issue.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
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In most cases, voters whose ballots were tallied using Dominion technology in 2024 will have their votes counted in the 2026 midterms using the same machines.—
Bente Birkeland,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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Walpole needed a better finishing touch again as Murphy blanked them in the second quarter, and Providence-commit Shannon Lane tallied an equalizer for Canton before the break.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Add (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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