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adds (up)

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present tense third-person singular of add (up)

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The in‑house repair team now numbers 30, supported by a Paris concierge-style service that can handle lighter fixes with a turnaround in days, a service Mothay plans to roll out to other markets, with Tokyo a likely next step.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Level99 has spent roughly four years building a corporate team that now numbers more than 100 people, something unheard of for just a three-location company.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 July 2026

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Female excellence only counts when the politics align Wilder’s swipe at Gaines is the easiest place to begin because whether Gaines was a good swimmer isn’t a matter of political opinion.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Congress last year voted to close the loophole and replace the hemp definition with one that counts total THC and puts a very low limit on finished consumer products, effectively killing the intoxicating hemp industry.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Before anyone tallies receipts or debates whether FIFA delivered on promises of an economic windfall, the tournament’s most enduring legacy might prove harder to measure.

— Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026
Nielsen also tallies impressions served up within the comfort of other people’s homes; since the initial rollout six years ago, the company has since expanded its OOH coverage to 100% of its markets in the lower 48 states.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 June 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
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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