totaling

variants or totalling
Definition of totalingnext
present participle of total
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as in destroying
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago

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Recent Examples of totaling Many people are seeing yearly rate increases of thousands of dollars, with premium payments totaling as much as a quarter of their incomes. Sam Whitehead, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026 Therefore, that small group also would pay 50% of all tariffs according to Navarro, totaling a much higher dollar burden per person than on any of the rest of us. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026 The findings are part of a broader probe into Khamenei’s alleged overseas holdings, with a Bloomberg investigation estimating a portfolio spanning multiple countries and totaling roughly $138 million in assets across Europe and the Gulf, pending verification of full ownership structures. Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026 Garza is ordered to pay full restitution to the Michigan Department of Treasury, Montway LLC and Travelers Insurance, totaling more than $500,000. Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026 The property was later incorporated into a larger compound assembled by developer David Hudgens, combining three adjacent houses totaling more than 16,000 square feet. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026 In all, McCammon estimates about 200 varieties across all plants, totalling somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 starts. Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026 The strike was the 46th since early September, officials said, totaling 159 people killed. Alex Horton, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026 Adebayo followed his mother’s directions and more, totaling 83 points for the second-highest individual scoring performance in NBA history to lead the Heat to a win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday at Kaseya Center. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totaling
Verb
  • Those presentations, which also are given to owners at the December Board of Governors meeting, have become less and less controversial over time, with suspensions numbering fewer and fewer.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Josh Giddey, Tre Jones and Jalen Smith each scored 15 points for the Bulls, with Giddey adding 13 assists.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • When adding spillover effects, such as supply-chain purchases and household spending, that number balloons to a nearly $13 billion contribution to Georgia’s GDP.
    Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The man, purportedly Weis, who is now in police custody, was discovered late Monday night by security after hearing reports of someone destroying glass sculptures on the grounds.
    News Desk, Artforum, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran is massacring young people and destroying Iran’s future.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Willis represents a first move of building, not subtracting.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • This chicken is a great recipe to customize to your preferences, adding and subtracting fresh veggies to suit your taste.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The 39-year-old photographer from Beirut captured a stunning sequence of images in the early hours of Wednesday, showing an IDF missile demolishing a tower block in one fell swoop.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The emails contain no detailed exchanges about arena negotiations, no plans tying a new venue to the City Hall site and no evidence of internal talks about demolishing the building for that purpose.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Rebuilding trust The White House issued a news release on March 16 aggregating supportive comments from two dozen Senate Republicans, praising Mullin's nomination.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • SeatGeek does some of the work for you, aggregating listings from multiple sellers in one place.
    Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The ongoing heat wave shattering dozens of temperature records in Southern California is no exception, Swain said.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Made up of infected IoT devices, digital video recorders, and even virtual machines, Aisuru has been grabbing headlines for launching DDoS assaults reaching as high as 30Tbps, shattering the previous records.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Researchers looked at 21 publicly available data sets comprising 2,315 samples acquired by three laboratories.
    Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The device itself is an orange-sized sensor comprising two main components that function much like the lens and retina of the eyes.
    Etiido Uko March 14, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2026

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“Totaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totaling. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.

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