totaling

verb

variants or totalling
present participle of total
1
as in numbering
to have a total of two and two total four

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2
as in adding
to combine (numbers) into a single sum total all the receipts and tell me how much I owe you

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3
as in destroying
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago

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Recent Examples of totaling Cash reserves totaling $ 7,450,869 are being used to eviscerate his opponent with a vicious barrage of ad hominem assaults, thus giving him a 61 to 1 spending edge. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 The property consists of two parcels at 58000 Card Sound Road, totaling 41,602 square feet, or a little less than an acre. — Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Wallet share for teen girls, specifically, reached an all-time high in hair, totaling 23 percent, up 2 percent year-over-year. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 His campaign has three outstanding loans from himself totaling $77,000. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026 According to the financial report, the tour accounts for 63% of the company’s revenues, this year totalling £185 million, up from £177 million last year. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Repeat the process for five straight days and receive a $50 bonus bet each day, totaling $250. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The distinctive building goes from 5,382 square feet at the base to 16,146 square feet on the fifth floor, totaling 26,910 square feet. — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026 James is scheduled to be sentenced in early December and could receive a maximum 59 years in prison and fines totaling $130,000. — Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totaling
  1. numbering
  2. adding
  3. destroying
  4. aggregating
  5. subtracting
  6. demolishing
  7. comprising
  8. summing
Verb
  • Police said groups numbering from several hundred to more than 1,000 people formed unauthorized marches across central Paris on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images The researchers said the Adelie penguins of Cape Adare, on the other side of Antarctica, are now the world's largest penguin colony, numbering more than one million as of 2018.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of numbering
Verb
  • The name Platform6 refers to the sixth art — performing arts — and the acquisition of Without Production broadens its offer, adding fashion shows to its expertise.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This line of defense didn’t persuade Sweeney, who reasoned that adding athletes with expired eligibility would mean more, not less, market competition.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of adding
Verb
  • Hurricane Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Saturday, spawning tornadoes, destroying buildings and downing power lines across the Gulf region.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Israeli soldiers filmed themselves in high definition laughing, looting homes, destroying entire rows of buildings, humiliating civilians, even killing them.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of destroying
Verb
  • This extends beyond aggregating outside accounts into one platform.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The initiative tackles one of the industry’s biggest hurdles — scaling lower-impact materials and manufacturing — by aggregating demand instead of relying on isolated, brand-by-brand efforts that have stymied progress.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of aggregating
Verb
  • The change in relative Democratic turnout is calculated by subtracting the 2022 level of relative turnout from the 2026 level.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Because time is finite, adding one thing means subtracting another.
    — Melody Wilding, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of subtracting
Verb
  • This is not the first time a coach in LAUSD has gotten into trouble trying to improve a facility, with the district issuing disciplinary action and demolishing the improvement because it was not authorized.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • On Thursday, the judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of demolishing
Verb
  • The jury members, comprising eight men and four women, took their place in Courtroom 3 of Southwark Crown Court for the first time.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The gallery’s New York flagship has been located on the Upper East Side since 2014, in a set of historic buildings comprising some 17,500 square feet that formerly housed the National Academy Museum.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of comprising
Verb
  • The transform works by summing a bunch of signals and multiplying each by a special exponential factor.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Speaking time per person was calculated by summing the duration of each of their utterances and excluding silent gaps.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
Definition of summing

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