adding (up)

present participle of add (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for adding (up)
Verb
  • Juventus have completed the signing of winger Kerim Alajbegovic from Bayer Leverkusen in a transfer totaling €37million.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Loveland had a strong rookie season, totaling 58 receptions for 713 yards with six touchdowns.
    Trevor Woods, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Zuckerberg acknowledged the potential to generate additional revenue by renting its computing infrastructure to other companies, and confirmed that Meta has plans to get into the cloud business, promising an update soon.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • This approach enables manufacturers to improve computing performance while overcoming the physical limits of traditional chip scaling.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • The usual advice is to stop counting, as though the tally were a character flaw to be willed away.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Schwarber signed with Philadelphia on a four-year, $79 million deal and has since gone on to hit 220 home runs and counting over five seasons with the Phillies.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
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“Adding (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adding%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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