add up
Example Sentences
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Already, the costs are starting to add up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
This bundle of fees includes mortgage-application charges, title insurance and legal fees that typically add up to 2% to 5% of the home’s purchase price.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
For a factory working a large apartment project, those fewer percentage points might add up to a quarter million dollars or more.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told journalists "we are all raising eyebrows" at the phone being stolen and, pressed for any evidence, responded it "doesn't add up".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
I must have seen at the time how all these claims being made around me didn’t add up.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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