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as in to come (to)
to be the same in meaning or effect
whether we take the 4:00 train or the 4:15 bus, it adds up to the same thing: they both get us back too late
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as in to number
to have a total of
even if we pool all our money, it won't add up to enough to rent a beach house for a week
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While Spanish chroniclers numbered the population around the time of European contact to have been 1 million, anthropologists have disputed this, arguing instead for the population to have been 6–12 million.—
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It's sold in handcrafted and numbered ceramic bottles shaped like a copper brewing kettle.—
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22 Oct. 2025
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“Add up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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