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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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Sears’ American stores, once numbering in the thousands, have dwindled to a single-digit number, giving way to business forecasts that anticipate the company could shutter at any moment.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026 -
The Ngogo community, numbering roughly 200 individuals, fractured into rival clusters that researchers identify as Western and Central.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Attorneys for the defendants began investigating, and learned that one of the passengers in the car, Jacqueline Thompson, was a member of the Harris family, a sprawling New Orleans clan comprising dozens of relatives.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The wildlife corridor stretches from Mexico to Argentina, comprising 30 conservation landscapes.—
Tom Page,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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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 20 Apr. 2026.
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