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 Knight had 10 tackles in Seattle’s preseason loss to Dallas after totaling 57 in a part-time role last season. — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Taiwanese households have a much larger financial cushion than their Korean counterparts, with net financial assets totaling five times GDP, compared to just one times GDP in Korea. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 Mixue Group now has more stores globally than McDonald's and more than four times Dunkin's, with its store network totaling nearly 63,987 as of the end of June. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 According to the letter from they Copleys’ attorneys, the couple purchased two parcels of land totaling 50 acres along Rocum Road in 2022, with plans to fix up and move into an old cottage on the property. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026 The board also approved the purchase of 31 24-inch iMac workstations for the educational technology department, and a four-year AppleCare+ plan, totaling $81,654. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Rookie Kaelon Black started in the backfield, totaling 28 yards on four carries in the first half after last Thursday’s 33-yard debut. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 New Mexico won judgments against Meta totaling more than $900 million, which Meta is also challenging. — Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 Additionally, MarQuel Mederos and Carli Judice each received $100,000 Performance of the Night bonuses, totaling $400,000 in fighter incentives for the night. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totaling
  1. numbering
  2. adding
  3. destroying
  4. aggregating
  5. subtracting
  6. demolishing
  7. comprising
  8. summing
Verb
  • Teen takeovers are when large groups of teenagers, sometimes numbering in the thousands, are drawn to specific areas of a city mostly through social media posts, and usually result in chaos and arrests, authorities said.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The groups, with members numbering in the dozens, have attempted to cross from Israel to Syria every few days in recent weeks.
    — Natalie Melzer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of numbering
Verb
  • Minter said Moody has been on the Ravens’ radar, but adding him doesn’t change how the organization feels about Loop.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • This is hidden beneath the leather, adding extra protection without any visible bulk.
    — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of adding
Verb
  • Demonstrators carrying Spanish flags moved toward beachside migrant camps last week, destroying shelters and setting fires as police attempted to keep protesters and migrants apart, according to Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE and news agency EFE.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Several homeowners near Meta’s massive Newton County data center have filed a lawsuit accusing the tech company and others of tainting their water and destroying their rural way of life.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of destroying
Verb
  • These approaches include molecules designed to clear these protein clumps or reduce their production, as well as molecules that can stop them from aggregating.
    — Sunil Kumar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
  • On fraud, aggregating transaction data across institutions means that a suspicious destination account flagged by one bank can protect customers at every other bank in the network.
    — Peter High, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of aggregating
Verb
  • The blue line is the actual MACD and is calculated by subtracting the 26-period exponential moving average (EMA) from the 12-period EMA.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • If employees cannot function well when the system is unavailable, the technology is subtracting value even as the metrics suggest otherwise.
    — Mohamed Khater, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of subtracting
Verb
  • Mansfield Timberview signaled state-title ambitions by demolishing West Mesquite 69-7, while White Settlement Brewer knocked off Class 6A Haltom 31-14 to open Class 5A play.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Aug. 2026
  • While members of the public and the architectural community have criticized the Rike Tubes for altering the character of Tbilisi’s historic old town, some favored relocating them to a more suitable setting rather than demolishing them.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of demolishing
Verb
  • For Finite, Nuclear Children joins a slate comprising original series and adaptations of plays, operas and literary texts.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, no Americans advanced, despite comprising seven of the 32 players in the field.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of comprising
Verb
  • 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
  • There’s no better way of summing them up.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Definition of summing

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“Totaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totaling. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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