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 book features the names of all the authors, numbering near 10,000, followed by a series of empty pages, which protest organizer Ed Newton-Rex told Deadline symbolizes the future for novel writing if large-language artificial intelligence models continue to scrape their work.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026 -
Visitors on whale-watching tours often see dolphin pods with animals numbering in the hundreds as well as sea lions and sharks.—
Nora Heston Tarte,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 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 14 Mar. 2026.
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