bulk (up)

verb

Definition of bulk (up)next
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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  1. collect
  2. assemble
  3. gather
  4. round up
  5. accumulate
  6. corral
  7. group
  8. garner
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    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The custom was for children to go door to door collecting soul cakes in exchange for praying for the dead.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of collect
Verb
  • Once contacted, their operations team assembles within hours, prepares an estimate, and proceeds to dispatch their security personnel.
    Kyle Russell, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Security leaders should assemble an organizational structure that clearly delineates accountability, fosters teamwork and instills a sense of personal ownership among team members.
    Chaim Mazal, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of assemble
Verb
  • What’s needed next is a community of amateur radio astronomers who can begin gathering data that will complement the work of their professional colleagues, just as amateur astronomers working in the visible part of the spectrum have done for hundreds of years.
    The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • OnX gathers that data and builds layers of graphics that show exactly where app users should avoid and displays it on a phone or tablet on the onX Backcountry, onX Offroad, and onX Hunt apps.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of gather
Verb
  • Advertisement Music Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ fails to round up CMA Award nominations.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Goldman Sachs’ chief U.S. equity strategist says the dollar-volume of M&A activity will rise 20% in 2025, and Forbes rounded up 20 stocks that are prime targets for takeovers.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of round up
Verb
  • Total stockholders' equity increased by $50.1 million, mainly due to the proceeds from the stock offering, offset by an unearned ESOP and accumulated other comprehensive loss.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Between 1994 and 2023, North Korea accumulated a trade deficit with China of more than $20 billion.
    Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of accumulate
Verb
  • In September 2023, in a particularly brazen move, the government corralled 51 people from across the political spectrum to stand trial in a single case.
    Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The Harris campaign has corralled a central team of lawyers to handle its post-election legal efforts, telling ABC the Biden and Harris campaigns have been strategizing on their post-election litigation strategy since Biden announced his reelection in 2023.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of corral
Verb
  • In that design, candidates who are endorsed by a county party are grouped together in a column.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The indicators were then grouped into four categories: environment quality, transportation habits and initiatives, energy sources and sustainability policies.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of group
Verb
  • In fact, in 2023 Sephora dethroned Ulta for the first time as Gen Z’s number-one beauty retailer of choice, according to Piper Sandler’s semiannual Taking Stock With Teens Survey, nabbing 37 percent of share while Ulta garnered 32 percent — a 10 percent drop versus 2022.
    Noor Lobad, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Fitbit launched a partnership with Quest Diagnostics to garner insights on how to assess and prevent metabolic disease.
    Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of garner
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