Definition of totalizenext
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 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 Sarah Jones, New Republic, 13 Dec. 2017 The very idea of a reputation for fairness is obsolete before this totalizing partisanship.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
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  • Xavier Edwards, Liam Hicks and Brian Navarreto added two hits apiece for the Marlins.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, oil supply is also expected to increase after oil cartel OPEC+ agreed to add 188,000 barrels a day to their output target for August.
    Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
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  • Calling it the Things Can Only Get Better Tour really sums it up.
    Dave Gil De Rubio, Daily News, 14 July 2026
  • The solution Ciufolini proposed decades ago while working with physicist John Archibald Wheeler was to use two satellites in supplementary orbits, meaning with orbital inclinations that sum to 180 degrees.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
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  • If all goes to plan, orders are slated to ship to select countries in September 2026, and delivery costs will be calculated once the campaign ends (free for orders from the US, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, China, and EU).
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
  • Unfortunately, most people are far more likely to run into questions of budgeting and investing than, say, calculating the area of a triangle (some professions aside).
    Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 13 July 2026

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“Totalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totalize. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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