Thesaurus results for TOTALIZING

totalizing

verb

present participle of totalize

as in adding

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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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

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Because time is finite, adding one thing means subtracting another.

— Melody Wilding, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Back in the early spring, the idea of subtracting a durable 33-game starter (and a former second-round pick) from a defensive line that seemed to be an area of major concern for the Bears would have been unthinkable.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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With shifting alliances and deception, only the most calculating player will survive to win it all, per the logline.

— Peter White, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Cline‘s 2023 novel, published by Penguin Random House, centers on a calculating grifter who navigates the treacherous world of summer in the Hamptons.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

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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

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