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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adding (up)
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The group, called Kernic Solidarités, has already sent heavy-duty horse-hair nets totaling 280 kilometers in length to Ukraine.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026 -
The suspect then used a credit card in the wallet to make a fraudulent purchase totaling approximately $107.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Indeed, cloud-computing giant Oracle borrowed $25 billion in order to provide compute for OpenAI, with analysts warning that its huge debt was weighing on its stock.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Efficient, low power consumption edge computing to learn and implement intelligent decision making has evolved substantially.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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After being whisked away on honeymoons with their newly betrothed, the couples spend three weeks counting down to decision day at the altar.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
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Kansas is not counting the games in 2018 vacated due to NCAA penalties in that total.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Adding (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adding%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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