added up (to)

past tense of add up (to)
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as in came (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 counted (up to)
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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  • Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, president of France’s League for the Protection of Birds, told RMC radio that animals affected already numbered in the millions.
    Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Sources told the Daily News that the majority of the TLC’s enforcement squad — which at the time numbered roughly 120 officers in total — was tasked to the airport crackdown.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
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“Added up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/added%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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