add (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (up)
Verb
  • The island is home to the Shompen, an indigenous people numbering between 200 and 400, who shun contact with outsiders and are among the last hunters, gatherers, and cultivators.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The first wave will number five thousand kits, shipped free to applicants in high-need zip codes.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The image is comprised of a staggering 62 images totaling over a billion pixels.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The athlete totaled 49 wins in her career, including 31 by knockout.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Amazon started out as an online bookstore (1994) and became an e-commerce juggernaut and cloud computing giant.
    Julia Dhar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That electric forecast was powered by Oracle’s emergence as a key provider of infrastructure that powers AI companies’ enormous demands for computing power – Oracle’s bread and butter as a cloud services and database software provider.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kyung Lee, a Houston attorney representing plaintiffs who forced Waldrop into involuntary bankruptcy in April, enumerated accusations of fraud and financial mismanagement that have been leveled against the developer.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Zuckerberg enumerates one of these very specifically, and in my view, this is one of the biggest contributions of this essay.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Muller’s goal that did count, incidentally, was featured on the front page of the New York Times the day after the game.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Washington counts Qatar as a strong Gulf ally.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In recent months, tariffs modestly contributed to the uptick in overall inflation, analysts previously told ABC News, but overall price increases owed largely to a rise in housing and food products with little connection to Trump’s levies.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Kaivan Shroff, a 2024 delegate for Harris, said the former vice president has the right to tell the story of her campaign, as does Biden, who has conducted a few interviews and speeches since leaving office.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The idea of farm to table, back to farm, back to table, is really, really, really cool.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Democrats now have the option of using the vote to table Schumer’s amendment as political ammo in the midterm election to attack Republicans over Epstein, a subject that has riveted some members of the GOP base for months.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Farmington is running the ball 40-plus times per game, and Friday was no different, as the Tigers tallied 44 totes for 348 yards.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Boys soccer In a nonleague game, Yaseen Dakiri tallied a goal and an assist to lead Methuen to a 2-1 victory over Somerville.
    Kevin Barrucci, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Add (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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