as in sums
a complete amount of something
that's the total for our wheat harvest this year
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as in numbers
to have a total of
two and two total four
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as in adds
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
total all the receipts and tell me how much I owe you
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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
Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
By game’s end, both had impressive totals.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
And since 2022, the Bronx has accounted for about 30 to 33% of the city’s yearly homicide totals, NYPD stats show.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Rain totals for Friday through the weekend will likely stay between 1 and 3 inches for most of North Texas, with isolated amounts up to 4 inches or more.
—Mckenna King, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Instead, some workers may need payroll statements or their final pay stub from 2025 to calculate overtime totals.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
What are the highest rainfall totals in Iowa?
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Vote totals from both social media platforms determined the winner of each round.
—Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 6 Mar. 2026
Those totals were then averaged and ranked.
—Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
This totals approximately $4 million in street value.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
The full invite list for the council, which totals more than two dozen people, includes many with notable financial stakes in the future of college sports.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
According to the gallery, the collection totals roughly $40 million in value, with pieces ranging from under $10,000 to nearly $5 million.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
The cost of the firefighter pay and the settlements together totals about $449 million.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
Yet after three straight seasons with identical point totals, 41 apiece, Strome had played in just over half the team’s games this year between injuries, illness and healthy scratches peppered into that mix of maladies.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
By game’s end, both had impressive totals.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
And since 2022, the Bronx has accounted for about 30 to 33% of the city’s yearly homicide totals, NYPD stats show.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Rain totals for Friday through the weekend will likely stay between 1 and 3 inches for most of North Texas, with isolated amounts up to 4 inches or more.
—Mckenna King, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Instead, some workers may need payroll statements or their final pay stub from 2025 to calculate overtime totals.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
What are the highest rainfall totals in Iowa?
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Vote totals from both social media platforms determined the winner of each round.
—Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 6 Mar. 2026
Those totals were then averaged and ranked.
—Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
The house was built in 1930 and the living area totals 3,345 square feet.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
This totals approximately $4 million in street value.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
The full invite list for the council, which totals more than two dozen people, includes many with notable financial stakes in the future of college sports.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
According to the gallery, the collection totals roughly $40 million in value, with pieces ranging from under $10,000 to nearly $5 million.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
The cost of the firefighter pay and the settlements together totals about $449 million.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totals
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Massive billionaire funding in the race from artificial intelligence interests operated largely outside public awareness, with super PACs spending enormous sums while deliberately avoiding transparency about their true policy priorities, particularly regarding AI regulation[1].—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Middle East has become a playground for American financiers, who are salivating at the chance of tapping huge sums of money and shaping the region’s financial markets in their own image.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The crashes remain under investigation, and CSP urged any witnesses to contact their dispatch line at (303) 239-4501 and reference case numbers 1A260390 and 1A260391.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The rules protect the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 400 and lives off the East Coast.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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North Korea’s often-wild rhetoric, combined with nuclear weapons development, adds further international frictions.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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The production has long attracted performers from across the entertainment world, and the pairing of two Dancing with the Stars alumni in leading roles adds a new dimension to its legacy of drawing audiences beyond traditional theatergoers.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Unfortunately, as with alcohol, gambling also destroys lives.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Israel routinely destroys equipment meant for reconstruction; Human Rights Watch found that Israel had destroyed more than 360 heavy machines — bulldozers, excavators, and factories producing asphalt and cement — in four different attacks in south Lebanon.—
Justin Salhani,
The Dial,
5 Mar. 2026
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Only Spain misses out on the centerline, but long totalities are still possible there — up to 4 minutes, 40 seconds.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Household income averages $168,679, and home values average $946,327.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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There’s, in fact, a lot of narrative chaos in the movie’s last third, from a pyramid scheme that ruins Junyang’s professional ego to the fact that Lydia, once she’s given birth, is basically cut out of the picture.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2026
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When fans see an exciting big hit, thinking about how the players might not know their own family members in 30 years ruins the fun.—
Eleanor M. Perfetto,
STAT,
7 Feb. 2026
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Roethling recommends adding soil aggregates the size of a pea to aid in drainage.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
26 Feb. 2026
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Depending on the solvent, TISQ spontaneously organizes into nanoparticle-like J-type or nanofiber-like H-type aggregates, each with different electronic behaviors.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Totals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totals. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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