variants
or totalling
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as in numbering
to have a total of
two and two total four
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2
as in adding
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
total all the receipts and tell me how much I owe you
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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
Berrios-Otero remains held on bonds totaling $4 million.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Best Restaurants Baba and Barbouni You’ll find Barbouni tucked inside Baba, totaling two restaurants at one popular location on Central Avenue.
—India Amos, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
The company is expanding its capabilities in the data center market and aims to add more than 10 additional warehouse sites in North America totaling 7 million square feet by the end of 2026.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Tran’s first term included small victories for his constituents, including helping trim processing time for small businesses and individuals looking for Social Security and small business loan payouts totaling $5 million this year, his office reported.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
The Bicentennial Schlock collection, totaling just over 100 artifacts, is one of Yale’s quirkier holdings.
—New York Times, 1 May 2026
In Your Corner spoke with four customers waiting on refunds collectively totaling $650.
—Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Pryor, a former Texas A&M guard, went 0-for-4 while totaling three rebounds, five assists, four steals in three turnovers in 24 minutes last week.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
After its Friday, April 24, theatrical release, the new biopic, Michael, has netted $97 million domestically and $217 million abroad in its first weekend, totaling to an impressive $314 million worldwide, per Variety.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Best Restaurants Baba and Barbouni You’ll find Barbouni tucked inside Baba, totaling two restaurants at one popular location on Central Avenue.
—India Amos, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
The company is expanding its capabilities in the data center market and aims to add more than 10 additional warehouse sites in North America totaling 7 million square feet by the end of 2026.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Tran’s first term included small victories for his constituents, including helping trim processing time for small businesses and individuals looking for Social Security and small business loan payouts totaling $5 million this year, his office reported.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
The Bicentennial Schlock collection, totaling just over 100 artifacts, is one of Yale’s quirkier holdings.
—New York Times, 1 May 2026
In Your Corner spoke with four customers waiting on refunds collectively totaling $650.
—Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Pryor, a former Texas A&M guard, went 0-for-4 while totaling three rebounds, five assists, four steals in three turnovers in 24 minutes last week.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
After its Friday, April 24, theatrical release, the new biopic, Michael, has netted $97 million domestically and $217 million abroad in its first weekend, totaling to an impressive $314 million worldwide, per Variety.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totaling
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Crowds numbering in the hundreds then gathered at Chick-fil-A and surrounding businesses, where fights broke out and individuals illegally congregated.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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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
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The strategy also is open to criticism, especially after the Steelers spent most of Day 3 adding special-teams players — why not trade some of that Day 3 draft capital to jump up and secure Lemon like the Eagles did (Philly traded two fourth-rounders to move up three spots)?—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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With uptown being the center of the city’s investment and the need to make the office towers viable, adding homes and hotel rooms are next steps.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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Some had been there so long that corrosion was destroying them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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This past offseason, discussion and speculation around Major League Baseball was that the Los Angeles Dodgers would be responsible for destroying the sport and the 2027 season.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Briere said the Flyers' rebuild was entering its next phase, shifting from subtracting players to adding them.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised data, adding an additional 34,000 jobs to January, showing a growth of 160,000, but subtracting 41,000 from February, showing a loss of 133,000.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
3 Apr. 2026
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Trump has overseen dramatic cosmetic changes on the White House grounds during his second term, including paving over the grassy line of the famous Rose Garden and demolishing the White House's East Wing to make way for a massive ballroom.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Mary Shepard Place — built in the 1940s as Bellevue Square in the Clay Arsenal neighborhood — would be redeveloped in two phases, demolishing a total of 127, low-income apartments and replacing them with 159.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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Markets opened down nearly 1% across the indices on Monday, but news-aggregating accounts online and on social media picked up on a report by New York Post pentagon reporter Caitlin Doornbos.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Supporters argue these markets can sometimes outperform traditional polling by aggregating large volumes of independent bets.—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Each nanocluster has its own field, but those fields start out all pointing in random directions, summing to zero.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Jan. 2018
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On April 12, Péter Magyar of the Tisza party won by a landslide, altering the course of Hungary’s history and shattering voter turnout records.—
Alexandra Levy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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Meyer still brokers earth-shattering private deals, but for the last decade, he’s been sorting through Si’s deep collection.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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“Totaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totaling. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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