add up
Example Sentences
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“It all starts to add up to an assertive, ambitious, aggressive approach the government now has on behalf of scale,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Be mindful that, for young people with small budgets, rewards add up to very little.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Some of those projects like the LIV Golf Tour never seemed to add up in the first place, according to Ellen R Wald.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
For a condition affecting hundreds of millions of people globally, that kind of prevention could add up quickly if applied broadly among people at elevated risk.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
What did it all add up to: something as incongruous and as crazy as raising a brood in a skeleton?
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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