add (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (up)
Verb
  • Infected birds are being culled nationwide, sometimes numbering in the millions at a single location.
    Veronica Bravo, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But with morale on the lot dangerously low, industrywide chatter and numerous reports suggests that De Luca and Abdy’s days running Warner Bros. could be numbered.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Sales in the Rest of the World area totaled 30.4 million euros, up 4.4.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The refunds total about $163 billion, compared with $153 billion at the same time in 2024.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The arrival of quantum computing (i.e., computing that can efficiently solve complex problems using units of information called qubits) threatens to take this to a new level.
    Chaim Mazal, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Quantum computing stocks such as D-Wave and Rigetti Computing are hot again.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Snakes on a Plane star said that Willis enumerated several examples to help clarify his point.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Musk, who heads Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, orchestrated a mass email to federal employees Saturday asking them to reply with approximately five bullet points enumerating their achievements last week.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Marvel Studios‘ clever live five-hour-plus announcement of the cast of Avengers: Doomsday was their biggest livestream, bigger than any premiere red carpet, pulling in 275M digital views we’re told and 3.1M social mentions.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The federation sources also deny that any manipulation took place — telling The Athletic that the documents published by El Mundo are just some of many different drafts compiled during the process of compiling the World Cup bid book.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Since the commission did not table a motion to rezone the properties, the Fort Worth City Council will vote on the zoning March 25.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Those measures failed on partisan lines, though Republicans have tabled them for later consideration.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Last season, the 2020 third-round pick tallied 46 tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss and six pressures, according to PFF.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from March 17 to 23, here.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Add (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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