Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adds (up)
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They were found to have either falsified records, sought funding for services not provided, or used parental PIN numbers themselves to log student attendance.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Mar. 2026 -
In their purest form, rare earths aren't rocks but elemental metals – deep cuts on the periodic table, numbers 57-through-71 and two others, for those scoring at home.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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That office site totals 50,400 square feet, according to the LoopNet and CompStak commercial property databases.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The principal alone totals $86,000.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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One text counts for one vote, and viewers can send up to 10 texts per contestant.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
31 Mar. 2026
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Yes, our heroine is Mary Bennet, she of the off-key singing voice and affinity for vibe-killing piano concertos, a young woman who doesn’t care that men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses and counts a day of being ignored by her family as a lucky escape from being mocked.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Jeff Marr Law Firm tallies 183 cases in Oklahoma and other states.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
27 Feb. 2026
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According to Michigan Tech, which also tallies snowfall totals, Houghton County in 2023 saw 12 inches of snow in May.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The alert tells the pilots exactly what to do to avoid the collision.—
Clara McMichael,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The state Department of Public Health did not respond in time for this article regarding how many nursing homes have closed in the state in the last two years and what the agency tells families in such a transition.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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Adler’s version, as elegant and lyrical as Fisher’s, enumerates ways to use every last scrap, bone, and core—and introduced her as a writer who made art out of the marginal.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Zuckerberg enumerates one of these very specifically, and in my view, this is one of the biggest contributions of this essay.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Adds (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adds%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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