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
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition….
—Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Dec. 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The very idea of a reputation for fairness is obsolete before this totalizing partisanship.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
Fortunately, the video was a less, to borrow nifty jargon, totalizing experience.
—Alfred Soto, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2017
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
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
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition….
—Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Dec. 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The very idea of a reputation for fairness is obsolete before this totalizing partisanship.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
Fortunately, the video was a less, to borrow nifty jargon, totalizing experience.
—Alfred Soto, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2017
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totalize
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MacLean added that Venezuelans with TPS who are currently in custody and lack any other form of protection will now face a serious risk of deportation.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Hershey’s Chocolate World also adds a layer of fall fun with trick-or-treating throughout the world’s largest candy store, character meet-and-greets, and new treats to try.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Lockwood, for one, refuses to sum her story up neatly.—
Bekah Waalkes,
The Atlantic,
25 Sep. 2025
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Still, according to the investigative media outlet Mongabay, Petroperú has accumulated nearly $100 million in penalties for environmental damage across the country — sums the highly indebted state-company is not likely to be able to pay in the foreseeable future.—
Sabrina Weiss,
The Dial,
23 Sep. 2025
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The cost-of-living readings for July, August and September are used to calculate the annual Social Security COLA.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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As a general rule of thumb, always calculate and compare both the cash price and the points redemption value before booking.—
Meghan Hunter,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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