as in to add
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
he toted up each person's costs to see what we had spent as a group
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Ladd McConkey added six catches for 74 yards.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025 -
After a major measles resurgence began in 1989, scientists moved to add a second dose of the MMR vaccine to bolster protection—but the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC’s vaccine-advisory panel disagreed on the optimal time to administer it.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Tote (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tote%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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