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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  1. adding
  2. subtracting
  3. calculating
  4. summing
Verb
  • Police on Tuesday arrested a suspect in the arson attack that charred the historic city hall in Limoges, in central France, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said, adding that the person may not have acted alone.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The exponential growth of the global AI industry is adding fresh urgency to such challenges.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of adding
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
  • Traditional CPUs excel at sequential computing tasks, such as calculating a massive spreadsheet or running a precise physics simulation, as these often require executing steps in strict order at blazing speeds.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Policymakers and advocates have proposed alternatives to the CPI-W for calculating the annual COLA.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of calculating
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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