adding (up)

present participle of add (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for adding (up)
Verb
  • Missing middle housing The Row at Uptown will be made up of five town home buildings that are three and four stories high, totaling 44 units.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Marlins were an offensive force Saturday evening, toppling the Los Angeles Angels 7-0 while totaling nine hits.
    Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • SpaceX and Nvidia are taking artificial intelligence beyond Earth, unveiling plans to build a satellite designed to perform advanced AI computing directly in orbit.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Compared to their American counterparts, Chinese AI companies are at a massive disadvantage in computing power, a gap that has grown substantially since ChatGPT’s release.
    Garrison Lovely, Time, 4 Aug. 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 11 Aug. 2026.

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