adding (up)

present participle of add (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adding (up)
Verb
  • With the job market faltering and new tariffs adding uncertainty to the economy, futures markets are pricing in as many as two additional cuts — totaling 75 basis points — by the end of the year, according to the CME FedWatch tool, which tracks investor expectations for Fed policy.
    Mike Winters, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Bostjancic expects that to double to a total of 50 basis points cut, while the bond market is pricing in cuts totaling 75 basis points.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Creating a connected map of the entire World Wide Web with indexes for every word took a lot of computing power.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This approach keeps computing demands much lower, allowing simulations of systems with hundreds of atoms.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Adding (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adding%20%28up%29. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.

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