as in to carry
to support and take from one place to another
toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing
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as in satchel
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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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Recent Examples of tote
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
The truck toting the Pope’s body glided down narrow streets, the dome of the Vatican slowly fading into the distance.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
James Powel, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Despite a lack of breakaway speed, Martinez averaged 6.2 yards per carry on 514 career totes.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
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Verb
More casual, and far more intimate, is the arsenal of gun shots—regular Americans, children as well as adults, toting their weaponry for the camera, and for the nervous amusement of their friends and relatives.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
The truck toting the Pope’s body glided down narrow streets, the dome of the Vatican slowly fading into the distance.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
Grain Millers recalled 20 of its 1,800-pound totes of Regular Rolled Oats #5 and 17 of its 1,600-pound totes of Quick Rolled Oats #21.
—James Powel, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Despite a lack of breakaway speed, Martinez averaged 6.2 yards per carry on 514 career totes.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tote
Noun
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The officer removed the vent and found a black satchel, according to the probable cause statement filed in Porter County Superior Court.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Oversize and large styles include larger satchels and totes.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Almost a year-and-a-half later, in September 2024, a fisherman found some of her belongings including her backpack and a hiking shoe, the family wrote in a Saturday Facebook post.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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In September of last year, Japanese authorities began searching in a different area after Wu-Murad’s backpack and a single shoe were discovered near a stream in Totsukawa village.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Steel wore a white turtleneck and carried a small knapsack filled with court filings: pleasure reading.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Todd has since amassed dozens of Pop Mart toys—many of whom accompany her on her overseas travels in a large brown knapsack—and nearly 250,000 followers who watch her unbox her toys and visit stores in search of limited editions.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Poking out of the pen pouches on the satchel is a row of tiny state flags, representing each of the states that Michael’s office covered.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Baltimore has sued a major nicotine manufacturer claiming the company is marketing nicotine pouches to children and adolescents.—
Mathew Schumer,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2025
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The beautiful image showed Charlotte sitting in a wild, rural landscape wearing camouflage and a rucksack, while smiling beautifully into the camera.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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DeSantis wants to protect kids from childhood for the same reason my great grandfather put a tiny rucksack on my 5-year-old mother’s shoulders and sent her into the cotton fields to pick with the adults — cheap labor.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Several of them provided surveillance footage of a man on a bicycle, wearing a camouflage hat carrying a backpack, duffel bag and what appeared to be a chainsaw, officers testified.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Kaelin’s interview is juxtaposed with the testimony of the limo driver, Allan Park, who described seeing the small duffel bag that Kaelin was referring to.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Trimmed with luggage slats and a restraint bar, the box lands ready to support any traveling cases, haversacks, miniature steamer trunks, or other traveling caboodle carried in the cabin, but definitely not any plus-two passengers.—
Larry Griffin,
Car and Driver,
24 Apr. 2023
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There was the field bag (a canvas haversack used by soldiers in both world wars), the satchel (worn across the body and popularized by Indiana Jones), and the tote bag (notably prevalent among readers of The New Yorker).—
Nick Haramis,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2021
Noun
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Chicago was also extremely active in free agency, adding guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson, and center Drew Dalman to an offensive line that allowed 68 sacks a year ago.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Parsons has accumulated 52 1/2 sacks and 112 quarterback hits in four seasons for the Cowboys.—
Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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“Tote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tote. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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