as in to add
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
summate all of the expenses that you incurred on your last business trip
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Seeing the big picture in my own handwriting adds clarity and reduces cognitive clutter.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025 -
One prisoner was killed and three security officials were wounded in an ensuing shootout, Abbasi said, adding that police are conducting raids to capture the remaining escapees.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Mishra sums it up by saying that nobody outside of India gets the concept of caste (without denying that privileged upper caste Indians don’t get it either).—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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Trailing 1-0, nothing summed it up so well as Harry Maguire masquerading as a forward again, a Hail Mary that can only work so often.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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“Summate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summate. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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