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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adding (up)
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Friday's event was the ninth Special Olympics Airlift, totaling more than 10,000 athletes flown.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
19 June 2026 -
On May 5, the city of Denton renewed the lease for an annual rent of $1,320 for 20-years with two 10-year options for renewal, totaling a potential 40-year term.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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Imagine if one company could become the railroad, electric utility and cloud-computing provider of the emerging space economy.—
Sven Bilén,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
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The team believes the approach could provide chip designers with a platform for predicting transistor performance and scaling limits before fabrication begins, potentially shortening development cycles for future AI and high-performance computing chips.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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The findings also said that there were at least 39 adults at Camp Mystic's Guadalupe-adjacent camp — not counting the teenage counselors — who could have performed an orderly flood evacuation had one been planned and executed.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
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Oh, and that’s not counting a potential $70,000 in citation revenue from drivers who overstay their time.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
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“Adding (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adding%20%28up%29. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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