add up
Example Sentences
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Over 30 years, all that interest will add up.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
The question is: can the figures ever add up so that it saves the average consumer money?
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
“I’m the person who has to deliver sometimes the not-so-good news that the math doesn’t add up, but those are the facts and there’s no getting around it.”
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
It’s a bit like an assortment of individual tiles that collectively add up to a mosaic.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026
Soon, he realized that the reports didn’t add up.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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