adding (up)

verb

present participle of add (up)
as in totaling

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  1. totaling
  2. computing
  3. counting
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  • The support included major funding commitments totaling billions of dollars for 2026 and 2027, and official acknowledgment of Ukraine’s transition from aid beneficiary to transatlantic security contributor.
    — Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Walnut Ridge The lawsuit centers on two properties that Mundelein had annexed, totaling nearly 250 acres, and that were rezoned for residential use.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of totaling
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  • As massive investments in artificial intelligence and data centers have spurred demand for computing hardware, Chinese manufacturers are capitalizing on the opportunity.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • These solar panels would generate 150 kW of peak power and 120 kW of average power for computing.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of computing
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  • For years, school administrators across the system used flawed methods to track graduation rates, often counting students who had transferred to other schools as dropouts.
    — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • Both of these typically tokenize data into 1D or 2D sequences, which makes simple spatial tasks unnecessarily difficult—like counting unique chairs in a short video, or remembering what a room looked like an hour ago.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Definition of counting
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