Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (up)
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The Rivian global workforce numbered 15,232 at the end of 2025, including a joint venture with VW, according to the annual report.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Five of them will be white balls numbered 1 to 69.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Adebayo was scorching hot from the start, totaling 31 points in Tuesday’s first quarter on 10-of-16 shooting from the field, 5-of-8 shooting from three-point range and 6-of-7 shooting from the foul line.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Net interest payments on the nearly $39 trillion national debt totaled $79 billion in February, more than any category except Social Security, income security — which includes programs such as unemployment insurance, housing assistance and food aid — and health care.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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The plan also promises to build hyperscale computing clusters to address shortages in advanced AI computer capacity.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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Now, China is rolling out computing power for its homegrown AI companies as part of its 15th five-year development plan that kicked off in January.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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The bread cart holds a mind-boggling array of varieties beautifully presented and enumerated by the waiter.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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Adler’s version, as elegant and lyrical as Fisher’s, enumerates ways to use every last scrap, bone, and core—and introduced her as a writer who made art out of the marginal.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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But Yee hopes that straight talk and her distinct lack of ornamentation will count for something with California voters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Now, those advocates count the city’s last major professional sports franchise — whose messy divorce with Oakland helped tank owner John Fisher’s reputation among residents — as an unusual bedfellow.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Impala Platinum has opened formal talks with Zimbabwe’s central bank and lined up meetings with both the South African and Zimbabwean governments to press for clarity on Harare’s export-earnings policy, its CEO told Semafor, escalating a commercial cash-flow dispute into bilateral negotiations.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In response to Deaton’s comments, Democrats agreed to table the effort until the budget reached the full House.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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If a conversation is going south, table it until next week.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Of the 54 points the team scored in the finals, the returning players from the game — including Sam Getnet and Emund Pritchett II — tallied 11 points.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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Derrick White nearly matched the Spurs star’s output with 34 points on 11-of-22 shooting, seven assists and five rebounds, and Jayson Tatum tallied 24 points (10-for-24; 4-for-14 from three), five rebounds, two assists and two steals in his third game back from Achilles surgery.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Add (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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