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.
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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
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
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The company is also considering adding tracking devices to shipments.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Deposit $7,300 into a 1-year CD By adding three months onto the aforementioned CD account – and with significantly less of a deposit – savers can earn a similar return.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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What did help ease respondent's minds, based on the survey results, was having a higher net worth, found by subtracting a household's liabilities from its assets.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
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This measures the degree by which tuition, donations and investment revenue cover a college’s educational expenses by subtracting its core expenses from its core revenues and dividing the difference by its core revenues.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Summing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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