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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 dual-threat Dart delivered an encouraging rookie year, totaling 24 touchdowns in 14 games (12 starts).
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • While nearly every Florida county has some form of a tax on hotel stays — totaling more than $1 billion statewide — the largest pool is in Orange County, where millions visit for theme park vacations and business conventions annually.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of totaling
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  • Joscha Bach of the California Institute for Machine Consciousness, another AGI pioneer, says a truly intelligent system should not need to devour the entire Internet and consume vast amounts of computing power for even the simplest query.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That project focuses on generating reliable, round-the-clock electricity to feed the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and computing data centers.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of computing
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  • This also includes edges of the first type, however, meaning any edges that directly connect two boundary points to each other must, of course, be subtracted to avoid counting them twice.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Detroit is currently on the hook for $154 million next season without counting Duren, which puts it $46 million below the luxury tax.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of counting
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“Adding (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adding%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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