Thesaurus results for TOTTING (UP)

totting (up)

verb

present participle of tot (up)

as in adding

to combine (numbers) into a single sum tot up the prices of the individual pieces and see if buying the whole set makes more sense

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Those years became an incubator of offensive ideas, pulling leaves from different branches of the scheme and adding plays and ideas to the binder that would soon blossom in Philadelphia.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
That is a different proposition from adding another dashboard or automating another report.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

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It's calculated by subtracting the 26-period exponential moving average (EMA) from the 12-period EMA.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
No ball-knower would say the key to the Seahawks’ success was subtracting Metcalf, who grew frustrated with his role under one-and-done offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb in the season before Sam Darnold arrived.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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