as in to add
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day
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Accessories are the easiest way into the look—extra-large market totes and slim Keds-like slippers add instant impact.—
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Along with the warm hospitality, Único is upping the experience quotient of the hotel, even adding a kids’ spa and pickleball courts for its American target market.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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“Cast (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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