totals 1 of 2

plural of total

totals

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of total
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as in destroys
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 totals
Noun
OpenAI raised $122 billion in a single round this year and Anthropic $65 billion, totals which no Chinese company can match. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 In 2020, Andrew Booker of the University of Bristol and Andrew Sutherland of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology settled the case for when the sum of x3 + y3 + z3 totals 42. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 Here’s a map showing 48-hour rainfall totals across parts of the metro. — Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 All three categories are essentially even compared with their previous week’s totals. — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 The contract awarded this month totals nearly twice the high end of that estimate and runs into 2030. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 There are competitive lines on sides, totals, and spreads for all major sports. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Rain totals could be more than an inch in spots, and maybe just enough to set off flash flooding concerns for an isolated spot or two. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The Big Island is bracing for hurricane-force winds over 75 mph and rain totals of 15-to-20 inches. — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
Salomon is also looking at how to connect with new consumers, such as through head-to-toe apparel and bags, which totals about 15 percent of revenues. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 Iván Herrera walked to chase Roupp, and Burleson singled on the first pitch from Reiver Sanmartin for his 110th RBI and 61st hit with runners in scoring position — both totals top the majors. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 That totals $240, saving you $72 over six months buying each on its own. — Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Manufacturing also saw a growth of 16,000 jobs in August, continuing a trend that totals 58,000 since lows reached this past December. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 The house was built in 1966 and the living area totals 1,479 square feet. — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totals
Noun
  • Love quickly gained the trust of dozens of women, allegedly convincing them to give him large sums of money.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Measuring this wobble and doing some complicated sums gives the exact strength and orientation of the field to as low as 10⁻¹⁵ Teslas.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • These protests attracted the interest of the Council of Europe, the international organisation set up in 1949 to uphold human rights and the rule of law in Europe which now numbers 46 members, including the United Kingdom.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Launched in 1973 in Scotts Valley, the Erik’s empire now numbers 29 restaurants and stretches from the Monterey Peninsula to Sacramento County.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Echoes of that ensemble’s style can be heard in this group, which adds a conga player to a standard jazz foursome.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Nearby Toranomon Hills adds plenty of upscale shopping to the itinerary, along with local eateries like apothéose and Frey’s Pizza.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Jains typically do not eat root vegetables because harvesting them destroys the whole plant and harms life-forms around it.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
  • How IonQ cracked error correction Since making measurements of a qubit destroys its quantum state, researchers can only gather information about their syndromes to know if the qubit has accumulated an error or not.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • While Spain offers a European setting, many eclipse chasers are eyeing destinations like Tunisia and Egypt for their very long totalities and very high chances of clear skies.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • Retirement income averages $531,000 and expenses average $772,000.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • The 100-year-old system averages nine breaks for every 100 miles of water main, which beats the industry average of about 12 breaks, said Graeme Chaple, distribution division manager for SPRWS.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Gross margin is the percentage of revenue left after a company subtracts its direct costs, so the higher the margin the better for the company.
    — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Vitae and Willpower/Health merge into a single resource, Difficulty subtracts dice from a pool rather than raising a target number, and players roll nearly all of the dice at the table.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • George Santos simply cannot get up After surprising the DS by passing the first task — falling out of a hovering helicopter backward — Santos ruins his big moment by struggling to swim to the dock and not being able to lift himself out of the water.
    — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing ruins an outfit faster than an ill-fitting bra, which is why this V-neck option caught our eye.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Totals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totals. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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