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as in to attribute
to explain (something) as being the result of something else
let's chalk up her weird behavior to simple nervousness
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as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
chalked up a record in singles tennis that is likely to stand for a long time
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Recent Examples of chalk up
The OpenAI leader chalked up Musk’s potential xAI boosterism as mere competition.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
Many observers chalked up Georgescu’s success to his TikTok account, which now has 5.8 million likes and 527,000 followers.
—Kelvin Chan and Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Following her early successes, Ronan has chalked up a total of four Oscar nominations along with five BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
After Denver got steamrolled by the Ravens in Week 9, allowing 396 total yards, Allen confidently said the team would bounce back, chalking up their 41-10 loss as just one bad day.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
Many observers chalked up Georgescu’s success to his TikTok account, which now has 5.8 million likes and 527,000 followers.
—Kelvin Chan and Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Following her early successes, Ronan has chalked up a total of four Oscar nominations along with five BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
After Denver got steamrolled by the Ravens in Week 9, allowing 396 total yards, Allen confidently said the team would bounce back, chalking up their 41-10 loss as just one bad day.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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What Explains the Productivity Gap The productivity gap can be partially attributed to the nature of work undertaken by small and large businesses.Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Shortly after her arrest, Huger attributed the accident to grief and her mother’s 2017 death.Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to achieve a steady burn which will continuously produce electricity like a conventional power plant.New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
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Berkshire achieved the lofty returns even as stopped buying back its own stock this year.Yun Li, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
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That’s how much value Morgan Stanley analysts led by Adam Jones ascribe to Tesla’s auto business, less than a fifth of Tesla’s current share price, while holding a buy rating for the company on similar optimism on AI and robotics.Derek Saul, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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This is Rasoulof showing us in visceral terms what likely happened to Amini herself, whose death authorities ascribed to a stroke while in hospital.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
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Brown was the most successful among them, winning NBA Coach of the Year in 2022-23 after helping the Kings break an NBA-record 16-year playoff drought.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 27 Dec. 2024
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His soaring rhetoric about a world free of nuclear weapons had helped win him the Nobel Peace Prize, and his views had bipartisan support.Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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The company still has to attain permits from South Dakota after its application was denied in 2023.Peyton Haug, Twin Cities, 13 Dec. 2024
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He was honorably discharged after attaining the rank of Captain.The Hill, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Large companies gain resilience and flexibility, while MSMEs build know-how, human capital, and market access.Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Under the terms of the deal, the company will gain the exclusive global license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Chinese drugmaker Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co.’s HS-10535, an experimental oral drug that targets the receptors for GLP-1, Merck said in a statement Wednesday.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
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The screen was the only solution to make this accessible for the customer.Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Campbell’s reasoning that the commercialization of college sports and the denial of NIL opportunities make eligibility rules more legally suspect could invite a range of challenges.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Chalk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalk%20up. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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