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 The proposition creates a down payment loan program, totaling up to $25 billion, for middle-income families looking to buy a new home in California. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Recognizing the risk that investments in Hazelwood Green could lead to displacement of longtime residents, the Heinz Endowments in 2012 began to offer a series of more than 120 grants totaling US$24 million for housing production and preservation. — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 As for grunt, Heed is powered by twin diesel Caterpillar C32 engines (totaling 2,230 hp) that give her a top speed of 17 knots, a cruising speed of 13 knots, and a range of 4,000 nautical miles. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026 The Washington metropolitan area is home to the second-largest Salvadoran population in the country, totalling upward of two hundred thousand people. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026 The Broward County Cultural Division issued 167 cultural grants last fiscal year, totaling over $6 million. — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Currently, NineDot operates 11 projects across six locations in Staten Island and the Bronx, totaling 39 MW. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026 To win over increasingly selective buyers, sellers are also offering household appliances, or concessions totaling $10,000 to $20,000, according to the report. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 Two days later, the victim made six transfers totaling about $569,569 to the wallet. — Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totaling
  1. numbering
  2. adding
  3. destroying
  4. aggregating
  5. subtracting
  6. demolishing
  7. comprising
  8. summing
Verb
  • Vee first garnered recognition as a cast member of Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out and The Women of Wild ‘n Out, beginning to accrue a social following now numbering over 6 million.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
  • According to the Burke Museum, passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering in the billions and accounting for close to 40% of the continent’s land birds when European settlers arrived in the 19th century.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of numbering
Verb
  • The technology that investors and governments are counting on to lift the global economy is also adding pressure that threatens growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund said, urging policymakers to stop delaying painful choices on debt.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • These firms charge fees based on the value of their holdings, adding a financial incentive to keep the marks higher to avoid public scrutiny.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of adding
Verb
  • Sign up for the newsletter When the rain does fall, Kabul’s hard, impermeable surfaces mean the water doesn’t replenish aquifers, but instead sweeps through the city as flash floods, destroying homes, killing people and rolling away.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Space debris is generated not only by kinetic space weapons but also when satellites collide and get smashed into countless fragments and smaller particles that travel at high velocity and are capable of destroying or damaging more spacecraft.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of destroying
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  • 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
  • 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
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
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  • National Historical Park comprising his birth home, a peaceful rose garden, and the King Center.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Burberry check Meanwhile, in the 1920s Burberry introduced its signature check, comprising interlocking black, white, and red lines on a tan ground, as a lining for its coats.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 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 10 Oct. 2026.

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