Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (up)
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Baker does not waste pitches, which numbered a total of 25 in two innings and two saves in as many nights against Boston this week.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026 -
The rave has become a meeting place for soldiers on leave who no longer recognize themselves in their quiet lives, wounded veterans, civilians burdened by guilt, and young adults who know their days are numbered before mobilization.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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Cruises, casino cash withdrawal and overseas trips The affidavit said Storey used the church credit card account to pay for one or more cruises totaling $77,025.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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In future canvases, the Registrar will examine Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) and provisional ballots, which total about 5,000.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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The engineer was the cofounder of Wang Laboratories, which helped propel computing into the office with its line of word processors.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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This approach to text generation shifts the bottleneck from memory bandwidth to compute, generating up to 256 tokens in parallel.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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Design for systems that can absorb a surprise, not systems that assume surprises can be enumerated.—
Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Morris was closemouthed about her origins, but enumerated her various conditions with a kind of doleful enjoyment.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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Eventually, the Golden Knights scored goals that counted.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
7 June 2026
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Cleverly shot, the film made good use of its taut 74-minute running time (not counting commercials, of course).—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Benjie Ancheta, police chief of Alabel town in Sarangani in the Philippines, told Reuters that the police building had some cracks immediately after the quake, which occurred during their flag-raising ceremony.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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The suspect is likely the father of the two children, police told ABC-7.—
Noah Goldberg
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Joining Hayes in voting to table the budget and salary ordinances were Guzman, Turner, and Ald.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2026
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Carney said the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization board bypassed Mooresville commissioner Will Aven’s recommendation to table a vote on the I-77 South project.—
Joe Marusak
June 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
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Roughly 23,000 ballots remain to be tallied, with the majority of the vote count expected to be completed by Friday, said Ken Casparis, a county elections spokesperson.—
Reeti Malhotra
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Jay Thammavongsa paced Eastview with 11 kills, while Brice Dehnel tallied 18 assists.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
10 June 2026
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“Add (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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