Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (up)
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Massive flocks of passenger pigeons, which had once numbered in the billions, were wiped out due to overhunting, habitat destruction and the disruption of their migratory patterns.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025 -
Companies ranging from Saks Fifth Avenue to JCPenney are scaling back operations in select regions, while broader trends in the retail industry are prompting closures numbering in the thousands nationwide.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Amazon said first-quarter AWS operating income totaled $11.55 billion, higher than the $10.52 billion StreetAccount consensus.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
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The condo was built in 2008 and the living area totals 1,158 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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That is much higher than the estimate computed from the amount of carbon monoxide present in the cloud — as little as 20 times the mass of our sun.—
Katrina Miller,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The amount of computing power required to perform decision-making at scale strains AI and drives the cost up.—
Srinivasa Rao Bittla,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Later, Chakraborty enumerates the many forces that act on her, like her grief at being unable to get to India in time for her own mother’s cremation.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Harvard’s lawyers devote an entire section of the university’s lawsuit to enumerating the real-world impacts of the sudden halt of federal funding.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Angel Guild counts a community of over 1.1M members from more than 170 countries who cleared The Strangers’ Case for distribution.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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Numbers still count, but so do relationships, values, outcomes and long-term contributions to major causes.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Buzzi died Thursday of complications from Alzheimer’s at her home near Forth Worth, Texas, her longtime rep, Mike Eisenstadt, told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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The administration is also reportedly considering a plan to eliminate the CDC's Division of HIV Prevention, sources told ABC News.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
2 May 2025
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The Trump administration tabled a draft peace accord, but the terms — including U.S. recognition of Crimea as Russian territory, a freeze of the front lines and undefined security guarantees for Ukraine — have managed to do nothing but upset everyone.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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But the pope tabled that proposal in a letter revealed in February 2020.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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But a plan for the underdogs to gun for Joe failed to blossom, and when the results were tallied, Star was sent packing by a vote of 5-3.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
1 May 2025
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Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from April 21 to 27, here.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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“Add (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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