as in added
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator
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Recent Examples of summed
Matthew Oldroyd, the fan, author and co-founder of Forza Garibaldi fans’ group, summed it up earlier this week.
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The headline for this review summed it up—this 18-year-old bourbon is better than Pappy Van Winkle 23.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
Purdy summed it up pretty well.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
One particularly brutal sequence summed it up.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Johnny Rocco summed it up decades before Democrats actually put it into practice.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Cats are notoriously mischievous—but there's a reason so many people have them anyway, and one man summed it up in a viral TikTok video.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Suiter claimed the county was unable to specifically itemize the various charges that summed to $25,000 — apart from the additional $8,000 for parking — and that the figure had been determined arbitrarily, both allegations that Krueger disputed.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Blaney summed it up by saying that race car drivers, like basketball and football players, have a switch.
—Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The headline for this review summed it up—this 18-year-old bourbon is better than Pappy Van Winkle 23.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
Purdy summed it up pretty well.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
One particularly brutal sequence summed it up.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Johnny Rocco summed it up decades before Democrats actually put it into practice.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Cats are notoriously mischievous—but there's a reason so many people have them anyway, and one man summed it up in a viral TikTok video.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Suiter claimed the county was unable to specifically itemize the various charges that summed to $25,000 — apart from the additional $8,000 for parking — and that the figure had been determined arbitrarily, both allegations that Krueger disputed.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Blaney summed it up by saying that race car drivers, like basketball and football players, have a switch.
—Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summed
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Tomei added that another potential driver for precious metals is also excess liquidity sloshing through global markets.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Rochester team added a key design feature to improve reliability.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Once the assessed value is established, any qualifying exemptions get subtracted.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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The down payment is subtracted from the $6,000 of negative equity.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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The deduction for qualified overtime compensation is calculated on a new Schedule 1-A at Part II.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Rougeux said that each of Honnold’s risks were calculated.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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How many people on Earth actually understand how wins above replacement are computed?—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Today, pi has been computed to over 200 trillion digits, using algorithms whose foundations trace back to Ramanujan’s ideas.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Dec. 2025
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