totals 1 of 2

plural of total

totals

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of total
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as in destroys
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 totals
Noun
Localized totals up to 15 inches are possible, particularly within banding across the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend. — Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Model data is showing totals of around an inch to maybe a little more being possible fairly widespread on Sunday. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Long haul Final fundraising numbers won’t be available until after the election, but Corbett’s totals so far suggest there’s no groundswell of outside support for his candidacy. — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Widespread winter totals over 30 inches are a decent bet here. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026 OpenAI raised $122 billion in a single round this year and Anthropic $65 billion, totals which no Chinese company can match. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 In 2020, Andrew Booker of the University of Bristol and Andrew Sutherland of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology settled the case for when the sum of x3 + y3 + z3 totals 42. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 Here’s a map showing 48-hour rainfall totals across parts of the metro. — Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 All three categories are essentially even compared with their previous week’s totals. — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
The Studio’s current slate totals more than 80 titles for over 20 platforms, with many more projects in development. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 Salomon is also looking at how to connect with new consumers, such as through head-to-toe apparel and bags, which totals about 15 percent of revenues. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 Iván Herrera walked to chase Roupp, and Burleson singled on the first pitch from Reiver Sanmartin for his 110th RBI and 61st hit with runners in scoring position — both totals top the majors. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 That totals $240, saving you $72 over six months buying each on its own. — Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Manufacturing also saw a growth of 16,000 jobs in August, continuing a trend that totals 58,000 since lows reached this past December. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 The house was built in 1966 and the living area totals 1,479 square feet. — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for totals
Noun
  • Tinubu’s then-employers at Mobil Oil told investigators his treasurer role did not involve moving large sums and that the company never authorized him to hold its funds personally.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Some economists believe the vast sums of money being borrowed by private AI companies could pile additional pressure on government bond yields.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • These protests attracted the interest of the Council of Europe, the international organisation set up in 1949 to uphold human rights and the rule of law in Europe which now numbers 46 members, including the United Kingdom.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Launched in 1973 in Scotts Valley, the Erik’s empire now numbers 29 restaurants and stretches from the Monterey Peninsula to Sacramento County.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The opportunity to change disciplines and roles is also a unique selling point, Martinez adds.
    — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Their increase adds weight to the climate change theory, Ratcliffe said.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Jains typically do not eat root vegetables because harvesting them destroys the whole plant and harms life-forms around it.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
  • How IonQ cracked error correction Since making measurements of a qubit destroys its quantum state, researchers can only gather information about their syndromes to know if the qubit has accumulated an error or not.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Since then, its totalities grew progressively longer before peaking in 1955 at 7 minutes, 7 seconds.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Retirement income averages $531,000 and expenses average $772,000.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • The 100-year-old system averages nine breaks for every 100 miles of water main, which beats the industry average of about 12 breaks, said Graeme Chaple, distribution division manager for SPRWS.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Gross margin is the percentage of revenue left after a company subtracts its direct costs, so the higher the margin the better for the company.
    — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Vitae and Willpower/Health merge into a single resource, Difficulty subtracts dice from a pool rather than raising a target number, and players roll nearly all of the dice at the table.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • George Santos simply cannot get up After surprising the DS by passing the first task — falling out of a hovering helicopter backward — Santos ruins his big moment by struggling to swim to the dock and not being able to lift himself out of the water.
    — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing ruins an outfit faster than an ill-fitting bra, which is why this V-neck option caught our eye.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Totals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totals. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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