totaling

variants or totalling
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 Its flier lists space for a 30,000-square-foot supermarket, along with commercial spaces next door totaling about 50,000 more. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026 Jovic provided quality minutes on Wednesday, totaling five points on 2-of-2 shooting from the field and 1-of-1 shooting on threes, and three rebounds in seven minutes before not playing in the second half. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026 Sickmeir is Lake County’s most lethal two-way player, totaling 37 catches for 812 yards and nine TDs. — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 The theft, eventually totaling about $390,000, continued until September 2025, the agreement said. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026 In Robbinsdale, where the district is closing four schools, voters have three bond questions totalling $413 million that would repurpose, expand or make other changes to district buildings. — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Among the expenses Storey used the church credit card for was one or more cruises totaling $77,025, the affidavit said. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026 Da Costa has six goals and nine assists this season after totaling four goals and eight assists last year as a rookie. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Now there are rails suspended from the ceiling and an honest-to-goodness cash register in the front, with dressing rooms and more standing racks in the back half of the space, totaling 940 square feet. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
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Verb
  • Senior receiver/defensive back Daivon Douglas and senior running back/nose guard Jeremiah Jackson lead a small contingent for the Tomacts, numbering just 22 for the regular-season finale.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Police said groups numbering from several hundred to more than 1,000 people formed unauthorized marches across central Paris on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Many African policymakers responded that advanced economies built their wealth on coal and oil, adding that Africa accounts for less than 4% of global carbon emissions.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Kylian Mbappé Real Madrid Forward La Liga also issued an official statement expressing deep regret over the hurt caused to Chinese fans by Mbappé's remarks, adding that his personal views do not represent the Spanish league's position.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After destroying much of Gaza and killing tens of thousands of Palestinians, Israel has regained military control of nearly 70 percent of the strip.
    — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But if firms lean on AI to cut lower-level work, the risk is destroying the very avenue of apprenticeship that produces future senior associates and managers.
    — Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The sample was balanced across key demographic groups—including age, gender and region to ensure broad representation before aggregating responses to highlight the top state choices.
    — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Since, he’s built an open-source report aggregating water quality data for postcodes across the UK, plus expanded Curo’s offering to include filters that fit directly on consumer faucets.
    — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The change in relative Democratic turnout is calculated by subtracting the 2022 level of relative turnout from the 2026 level.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Because time is finite, adding one thing means subtracting another.
    — Melody Wilding, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Following the attack, the Israeli military began forcing Palestinian families to leave their homes in parts of the city as forces began demolishing homes and businesses.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Photographs from Hebron showed Israeli bulldozers demolishing at least one Palestinian building.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The five-member group — promoting a four-member group comprising Yunah, Minju, Wonhee and Iroha — greeted fans, helped with a giveaway and posed for pictures inside the Melrose pop-up.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Behind the camera, Avani Rai shot about 130 people comprising ordinary Indians, dancers, models, and artisans, as well as her mother and actor Ranveer Singh against the streets of Old Delhi and its flower market and crowded alleyways.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The transform works by summing a bunch of signals and multiplying each by a special exponential factor.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
  • 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

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“Totaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totaling. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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