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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adding (up)
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After totaling a game-high 24 points in 23 minutes off the bench in his return from a rib injury to help the Heat defeat the Hawks in Atlanta on Friday, Herro again played as a reserve on Saturday.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2026 -
The files include bank statements that suggest that Epstein made three payments, totaling $75,000, to accounts tied to Mandelson between 2003 and 2004.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
21 Feb. 2026
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And that computing power runs on energy.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Part of the pressure followed Anthropic’s midday announcement that its Claude Code tool can be used to update a legacy computing language prized at IBM.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
24 Feb. 2026
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The group has been accurate in counting deaths during previous rounds of unrest in Iran and relies on a network of activists there to verify deaths.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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And that’s not even counting property rights, McKee added.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
21 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 27 Feb. 2026.
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