adding (up)

verb

present participle of add (up)
as in totaling

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  1. totaling
  2. computing
  3. counting
Verb
  • Missing middle housing The Row at Uptown will be made up of five town home buildings that are three and four stories high, totaling 44 units.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Marlins were an offensive force Saturday evening, toppling the Los Angeles Angels 7-0 while totaling nine hits.
    — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of totaling
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  • McGurn said Truth Social is in conversations to sign up cloud computing companies, large news organizations, and developers of large language models.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Shares of cloud computing company CoreWeave surged more than 18% and Super Micro Computer’s stock jumped nearly 9% before the market opened on strong quarterly results.
    — Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of computing
Verb
  • As of Monday, Alphaliner ranked SeaLead 80th in its top 100 carrier list, counting just four vessels carrying 9,400 TEUs.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That’s understandable because counting individuals is straightforward.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 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 17 Aug. 2026.

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