Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adds (up)
Verb
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Neither Torrey nor Lyman numbers more than 300 people.—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026 -
The number being pink-slipped is estimated to be in the end a few hundred from a global staff which numbers north of 12,000.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The house was built in 1944 and the living area totals 2,960 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Since then, the number of cameras now totals 474.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That's just a sliver of an industry that counts some 450 watchmakers in Switzerland alone.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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But another member of the panel, Judge Joshua Kolar, appeared to also have major issues with trying to determine which of the four prongs of the conspiracy counts the jury considered proven beyond a reasonable doubt.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Ball State recruit also tallies 30 kills in two nonconference matches.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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To be clear, the ledger now tallies only what companies pay, not what people lose—the asthma attacks, hospitalizations, shortened lives, or deaths.—
Andrew Behar,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In this book, Colbert tells the story of the ways people came to understand dinosaurs, the major discoveries that moved the field forward and the colorful characters behind the research.—
Steve Brusatte,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
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At a staff meeting before Chairwoman Park’s arrival, Josh tells club employees that new ownership means potential layoffs.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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 20 Apr. 2026.
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