as in adding
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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As record-breaking heat and an abysmal snowpack raise concerns about severe wildfires, states across the fire-prone West are adding AI to their wildfire detection toolbox, banking on the technology to help save lives and property.—
Dorany Pineda,
Los Angeles Times,
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Following those highs came a string of solid but unexciting records, which mostly stuck with Metric’s formula while adding the occasional left-field lyric about the Kool-Aid-drinking masses or confounding reference to QAnon.—
Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
4 May 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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When calculating with these numbers, avoiding PMI could save you anywhere from $120 to $280 per month on a $400,000 loan.—
Aly J Yale,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Cold, calculating and highly intelligent, Dedra saw the rebellion coming when none of her other peers did.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 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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“Totalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totalizing. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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