as in summing (to or into)
to have a total of
that counts up to a pretty sum over the course of several years
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With Tahoe, Apple has switched from a sequential numbering scheme for each new version of macOS to numbering by the year of release.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Israel’s travelling supporters, numbering roughly 100, inside the Ullevaal Stadion on Saturday evening, had similar hopes.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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While its initial focus was cross-border payments, Zhang said the company’s revenue is now spread over an array of products, with business accounts similar to Mercury comprising 34% of its revenue, spend management 20%, and payments 30%.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the quartet, comprising three men and one woman, were living in or around Seine-Saint-Denis, a suburb to the north of the French capital.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Counting (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counting%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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