Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adds (up)
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That poses an existential threat to the Rice’s whale, which numbers only in the dozens and lives in the Gulf of Mexico, conservationists said.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025 -
France is the latest European country to formally recognize Palestine as a state, joining the United Kingdom and adding to a growing list of global nations that now numbers more than 145.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
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In Cuba, the number of people in shelters totals approximately 735,000.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Beyond the dangerous storm surge, rainfall totals up to 30 inches are expected from Melissa in Jamaica and Hispaniola through Wednesday, with some areas seeing up to 40 inches.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Nvidia’s commitment in India coincides with rising global interest in India’s AI market, where OpenAI counts the country as its second-largest user base.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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The only market that counts is the one attached to a ballot scanner.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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At the end of each month, an official review board of experts and officers verifies each strike, tallies the points, and releases a list of the best-scoring teams.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Everyone tallies up what is picked up.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The influencer, 26, graduated from nursing school in August 2024, and soon after, the high school sweethearts bought a house in Michigan, ending the long-distance aspect of their relationship, Adams tells PEOPLE exclusively.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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That film tells the true story of an Istituto Luce cameraman who filmed Mussolini and fascist propaganda, and, eventually, the head of communist Albania.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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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 5 Nov. 2025.
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