summing

verb

present participle of sum
as in adding
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 summing Speaking time per person was calculated by summing the duration of each of their utterances and excluding silent gaps. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026 There’s no better way of summing them up. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026 Each nanocluster has its own field, but those fields start out all pointing in random directions, summing to zero. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summing
  1. adding
  2. subtracting
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  • But, over the past several weeks, 200 million barrels of oil came out of the strait — adding 17 days of supply, according to Lipow Oil Associates.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • In North Carolina, House Bill 8 was part of a larger education bill that also covered things like adding a computer science requirement for high school graduation.
    — Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
Definition of adding
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  • Nvidia provided the biggest boost to the Nasdaq-100, contributing 98 points, while Microsoft was the largest drag, subtracting 21 points.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • Before Johnson and the Canucks could add Gallagher, Vancouver first had to go about subtracting from the lineup.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of subtracting

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