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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3
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
By contrast, Trump has called for rate cuts totaling as much as 3 percentage points.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
Her donations, totaling more than $19 billion, have supported organizations across several areas, including education, disaster recovery, housing, the arts, and health.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Rumors have been swirling for months that Disney+ would exit the deal, which initially ran for two seasons plus the spin-off, totaling 26 episodes once The War Between the Land and the Sea airs next year.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
The country had 116 million tourist visits last year, including domestic and international travel, with spending totaling 284 billion riyals.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Mizzou had eight penalties for 88 yards, including five penalties in the fourth quarter totalling 48 yards.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
The big plays came in bunches, totaling 20 chunk plays for 554 of their 754 yards.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
The man who received the tip then shared that information with another man, who, with several others, placed bets with legal online bookmakers totaling about $100,000 that the Trail Blazers would lose the game, the indictment alleges.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Young also appeared in six NBA games with the Bulls as a rookie last season, totaling 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field, 1-of-2 shooting on threes and 2-of-2 shooting from the foul line, three rebounds and six assists in 30 minutes.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Max Zahn, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
Her donations, totaling more than $19 billion, have supported organizations across several areas, including education, disaster recovery, housing, the arts, and health.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Rumors have been swirling for months that Disney+ would exit the deal, which initially ran for two seasons plus the spin-off, totaling 26 episodes once The War Between the Land and the Sea airs next year.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
The country had 116 million tourist visits last year, including domestic and international travel, with spending totaling 284 billion riyals.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Mizzou had eight penalties for 88 yards, including five penalties in the fourth quarter totalling 48 yards.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
The big plays came in bunches, totaling 20 chunk plays for 554 of their 754 yards.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
The man who received the tip then shared that information with another man, who, with several others, placed bets with legal online bookmakers totaling about $100,000 that the Trail Blazers would lose the game, the indictment alleges.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Young also appeared in six NBA games with the Bulls as a rookie last season, totaling 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field, 1-of-2 shooting on threes and 2-of-2 shooting from the foul line, three rebounds and six assists in 30 minutes.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totaling
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With Tahoe, Apple has switched from a sequential numbering scheme for each new version of macOS to numbering by the year of release.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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Israel’s travelling supporters, numbering roughly 100, inside the Ullevaal Stadion on Saturday evening, had similar hopes.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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In his budget request, Evers recommended adding four state agents to enforce video gambling rules in taverns.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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United, some of whose senior leadership team, including its chief executive, Scott Kirby, came from American, has done the opposite and is in the process of adding thousands of screens to narrow-body planes both new and old, including Bluetooth technology for wireless headphones.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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Overdevelopment destroying our communities.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Unless this is another ploy by women who are intent on destroying each other.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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To estimate your optimal heart rate zone for exercise, start by subtracting your age from 220 to get your maximum heart rate.—
Cyra-Lea Drummond,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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The leap from knots to links is a relatively small one, but mathematicians can extend the ideas of knot theory to study mind-bending concepts such as higher-dimensional knots, surfaces with knotted edges and difficult-to-imagine objects obtained by subtracting a knot from three-dimensional space.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
3 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The past few years have seen record-shattering global sea surface temperatures, which helps strengthen storms.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Viewers are dropped into the aftermath of an unnamed personal conflict and must work out over the course of the runtime the stakes of the situation, a highwire act handled deftly by the actors whose tender performances provide the emotional impact of the film’s shattering final sequence.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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By aggregating the right data features and triangulating multiple points of affirmation, situational certainty grows strong, enabling confident real-time actions that drive business outcomes.—
Bill Waid,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, aggregating the GPU ecosystem into one platform could more significantly highlight the price disparity between the options and drive customers towards the cheaper neoclouds.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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That history came to an end after wrecking crews tore down the wing’s two stories of offices and reception rooms last week.—
Darlene Superville,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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The big money takeover is wrecking college sports.—
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FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The once-daily, oral medication is proven to reduce the frequency and intensity of hot flashes and night sweats, based on clinical studies measuring efficacy at 4 and 12 weeks.—
Marnie Goodfriend,
Flow Space,
29 Oct. 2025
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The lot of the unit is substantial, measuring 6,240 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Totaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totaling. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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