as in to add
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
when we totalized our restaurant receipts for a month, the result was a little startling
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Recent Examples of totalize
If privacy pays, great, but if totalizing control pays more, then so be it.
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Tim Wu, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
As a rule, the more abstract and totalizing the ideology, the more blood that follows in its wake.
—chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
Our tug of war over what is important and what is irrelevant reveals something unsettling: a bent toward totalizing ideologies and a seismic struggle over which one gets to lay claim — in our minds, at least — to the center of the universe.
—Carina Chocano, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition.
—Sarah Jones, New Republic, 13 Dec. 2017
The very idea of a reputation for fairness is obsolete before this totalizing partisanship.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2017
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition….
—Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Dec. 2017
Fortunately, the video was a less, to borrow nifty jargon, totalizing experience.
—Alfred Soto, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2017
Tim Wu, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
As a rule, the more abstract and totalizing the ideology, the more blood that follows in its wake.
—chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
Our tug of war over what is important and what is irrelevant reveals something unsettling: a bent toward totalizing ideologies and a seismic struggle over which one gets to lay claim — in our minds, at least — to the center of the universe.
—Carina Chocano, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition.
—Sarah Jones, New Republic, 13 Dec. 2017
The very idea of a reputation for fairness is obsolete before this totalizing partisanship.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2017
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition….
—Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Dec. 2017
Fortunately, the video was a less, to borrow nifty jargon, totalizing experience.
—Alfred Soto, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totalize
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Warehouse workers roam the aisles, keeping tabs on the inventory, adding and pulling a menagerie of unusual and valuable bottles.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This confrontation between Chinese and Western weapons represents not just a bilateral conflict but a proxy test of rival global military technologies – adding another layer of great-power competition to the crisis.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 May 2025
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Commenters are standing behind the poster, with one summing it up.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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To sum it up, recession nails (in its many forms) refers to the switch from seeing a nail tech in a salon to DIY manicures.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
1 May 2025
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Trump, Biden allies divided over GDP report One crisis away from homelessness While discretionary spending is somewhat determined by priorities, income is the key factor when calculating what and where to spend.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The salary paid during that one-year option is calculated based on the player’s position, snap count and Pro Bowls.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Totalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totalize. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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