as in counting (up to)
to have a total of
a lifetime of charitable contributions that sum into the millions
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numbering
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The days when a seafaring nation could rely on a blue-water fleet of major combat ships numbering less than one or two hundred hulls is over.—
David Szondy
April 20,
New Atlas,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Sears’ American stores, once numbering in the thousands, have dwindled to a single-digit number, giving way to business forecasts that anticipate the company could shutter at any moment.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Summing (to or into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summing%20%28to%20or%20into%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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