How to Use add up in a Sentence

add up

verb

• Banchan can add up to a meal on their own, so long as they’re eaten with rice, Kim explained.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2022
• The rings in the newest James Webb image add up to 160 years’ worth of dust trails.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 13 Oct. 2022
• For those who do, filling up the tank offers a few minutes of repose with little to do but watch the price slowly add up, the experts said.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2022
• The first year of interest would add up to $3,757 in this example, Smoke said.
  — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
• The last countable components that Ms. Wexler walked me through did not quite add up to $30 billion.
  — Emily Flitter, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• These and other damages would add up to $20.5 million, but the state declined to collect it, the audit said.
  — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
• The Sherman Minton Renewal project could add up to 30 years of life to the bridge, Brady said.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2022
• One tool is called Generative Extend, which lets users add up to two seconds to their existing videos or make small adjustments to them.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
• Others, like John Kucharski, face a steady stream of issues that are not as devastating but add up to far more than just inconveniences.
  — Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
• Stocking up on drugstore staples—teeth whitening strips, razors, deodorant—may not be as exciting as scoring a deal on a new skin care tool, but these small purchases do add up.
  — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2022
• Most existing N95s are not reusable, and although each individual mask is pretty cheap, the costs can add up over time.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
• Use the insights from your audit to take the following steps: Identify small changes: Making small improvements can add up to big differences.
  — Banks Benitez, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
• Onboard motion detectors can help rovers navigate, but sensor and estimation errors can add up over large distances, causing vehicles to drift off course.
  — Theo Nicitopoulos, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
• But in 1988, the European Muon Collaboration reported that the quark spins add up to far less than one-half.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• But adding up the mass of the quarks alone doesn’t give you the mass of the proton.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
• Does that risk add up, or does each roll of the dice stand alone?
  — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 20 Sep. 2023
• Hey, the math isn’t adding up, but that was never your thing.
  — Kate Hakala, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• Think of stressors adding up like tiles in a game of Tetris.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
• For starters, the math doesn’t add up, the analysis found.
  — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2022
• The price of gas, train passes, and more can quickly add up.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
• Yet that hit to GDP could add up in a lengthy shutdown.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
• But for the past week, to get to and from the Metro station, she’s had to book rides that have added up to more than $200.
  — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
• If those would’ve been fines, that would add up to about $2 million.
  — Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
• At the end of the first vote for speaker, the tally clerks add up the numbers and announce the totals to the House.
  — Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
• But as the challenges add up, so do the shifts in perspective.
  — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
• All of these things just add up more and more for this character.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
• All of that adds up to 27 treats any beauty lover will devour on sight.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 13 Sep. 2024
• And second, the face numbers add up to the same total as on a standard die.
  — Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• Lots of cabinets meant lots of hardware, though, so the cost added up to $1,500.
  — Charlotte Safavi, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• However, for the number of pieces in a set, the price is a bit steep and can add up quickly.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024