as in adding
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator
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Recent Examples of summing
Speaking time per person was calculated by summing the duration of each of their utterances and excluding silent gaps.
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Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2026
There’s no better way of summing them up.
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Phil Hay,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
Each nanocluster has its own field, but those fields start out all pointing in random directions, summing to zero.
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IEEE Spectrum,
26 Jan. 2018
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2026
There’s no better way of summing them up.
—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
Each nanocluster has its own field, but those fields start out all pointing in random directions, summing to zero.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Jan. 2018
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Eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal Kamran said, adding that the owner of the tutoring center and another person have been arrested.
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Instead of adding service charges to offset rising costs, restaurants should simply price menu items accordingly, said Parmelee.
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The top off amount is calculated by subtracting your benefit at full retirement age (FRA) from 50% of your husband’s benefit at full retirement age.
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After subtracting education expenses, the average student cleared $86,806 more income than the average non-student.
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“Summing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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