as in to add
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
when we totalized our restaurant receipts for a month, the result was a little startling
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Recent Examples of totalize
If privacy pays, great, but if totalizing control pays more, then so be it.
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Tim Wu, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
As a rule, the more abstract and totalizing the ideology, the more blood that follows in its wake.
—chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
Our tug of war over what is important and what is irrelevant reveals something unsettling: a bent toward totalizing ideologies and a seismic struggle over which one gets to lay claim — in our minds, at least — to the center of the universe.
—Carina Chocano, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition.
—Sarah Jones, New Republic, 13 Dec. 2017
The very idea of a reputation for fairness is obsolete before this totalizing partisanship.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2017
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition….
—Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Dec. 2017
Fortunately, the video was a less, to borrow nifty jargon, totalizing experience.
—Alfred Soto, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2017
Tim Wu, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
As a rule, the more abstract and totalizing the ideology, the more blood that follows in its wake.
—chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
Our tug of war over what is important and what is irrelevant reveals something unsettling: a bent toward totalizing ideologies and a seismic struggle over which one gets to lay claim — in our minds, at least — to the center of the universe.
—Carina Chocano, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition.
—Sarah Jones, New Republic, 13 Dec. 2017
The very idea of a reputation for fairness is obsolete before this totalizing partisanship.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2017
Its claim to moral superiority rests on the totalizing depravity of the opposition….
—Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Dec. 2017
Fortunately, the video was a less, to borrow nifty jargon, totalizing experience.
—Alfred Soto, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totalize
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Inspired by the Greek myth of Icarus, the mural adds another layer to the museum's offerings. 700 Congress Ave.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
22 July 2025
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That figure should only increase in the next few years: the state added 7,000 megawatts of clean energy capacity to its grid in 2024, along with massive amounts of battery storage capacity.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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To succinctly sum it up as the Chiefs start training camp on Tuesday in St. Joseph, only three men in NFL history have quarterbacked more Super Bowl victories than Mahomes (three): Tom Brady with seven and Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana with four each.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 July 2025
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Eminem, who has been a household name for decades at this point, eclipses that sum many times over.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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These have included, in recent years, NASA, whose OSIRIS-REx mission (2016-23) collected samples from the Bennu asteroid, which measures a third of a mile across and has been calculated to have a not infinitesimal chance of colliding with Earth in the twenty-second century.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The track’s owners and construction executives calculated what could be built in time for the Aug. 25 race: Temporary bleachers and red and white tents would replace the Post and Paddock Club.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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