as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulk (up)
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The batteries in the devices can last about two weeks but the memory chip inside the tracker, collecting data about 40 times per second, fills up after about eight days.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025 -
Or the accolades that Antetokounmpo has collected in his NBA career.—
Eric Nehm,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The delivery company assembles the Avengers of mascots — including Mr. Clean, The Energizer Bunny, The Green Giant, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like and the Kool-Aid Man — for their first-ever Game Day ad.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Feb. 2025
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McCarthy’s office had hired two newspapermen from the Washington Times-Herald to assemble the speech text for him.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
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International defence and security leaders from around the world are gathering for the February 14-16 conference.—
Karen Gilchrist,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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The trend has been squarely rising for the past decade, gathering pace in the pandemic, to become a defining way to travel for wealthy privacy-hunters and families looking for a hyper-luxe set-up to fly and flop across the generations.—
Giles Hattersley,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
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Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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In 2016, back in Buffalo, Ryan’s brother Rex – then the Bills’ head coach, and a massive Chicago Cubs fan – rounded up staff and rented a bus to watch Game 7 of the World Series.—
Luca Evans,
Orange County Register,
7 Feb. 2025
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Yes, those picks are great, and Dubas has done a fine job of accumulating them.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The problem, Haynes said, is that the snow is not accumulating in abundance.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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For the second one, the late Vogue editor André Leon Talley invited top editors to Grant’s tiny shop on Rue des Rosiers and corralled Campbell to walk on a runway made of real turf.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
6 Feb. 2025
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While much of the cast and crew had established a working rhythm, Borisov’s first day on set was shooting the henchmen’s frenetic and failed effort to corral Vanya, or at least subdue Ani (Mikey Madison).—
Stuart Miller,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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The regional paths Auburn is positioned to claim a close-to-home regional route by topping the South bracket in Atlanta, grouped with Texas A&M, Wisconsin and Texas Tech.—
Aaron Beard,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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He is grouped with defending champion Hideki Matsuyama and two-time major champion Collin Morikawa.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Ziva garnered a 2025 SciTech Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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The initial comment garnered a lot of attention, Page Six reported.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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