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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adding (up)
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Ben Brown has allowed only one home run in 12 relief appearances and six starts this year, totaling 57 innings.—
Josh Shepardson,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026 -
Last fall, state and local agencies involved in the investigation paid for an after-action report of the response totaling $429,500.—
Jennifer Mayerle,
CBS News,
12 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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But it was soon revealed that the actors were given the wrong envelope by accountants from Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the firm charged with counting Oscar votes, keeping the results secret and organizing and handing out envelopes to presenters.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
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As the referee was counting, Santana somehow got his hand on the rope to break the count.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
13 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 21 Jun. 2026.
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