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as in coming (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 counting (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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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview with Reuters those sanctions have ultimately failed to deter the North, which today is adding massive nuclear weapons numbering 15 to 20 to its arsenal every year.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025 -
The majority of Breach’s opening week was powered by traditional album sales, numbering 169,000 sold, which lands Twenty One Pilots its biggest sales week ever, and the biggest for any rock album in six years.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
21 Sep. 2025
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Ten-foot ceilings span the great room, comprising a comfortable lounge, an intimate dining area, and a chrome kitchen outfitted with Gaggenau appliances.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
22 Sep. 2025
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Most of the two thousand works comprising her collection—including those by Joseph Cornell, Philip Guston, Vija Celmins, Willem de Kooning, David Hammons, Eva Hesse, Yayoi Kusama, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, and Kara Walker, to name just a few—have been promised to museums.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Adding up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adding%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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