rakes up

verb

Definition of rakes upnext
present tense third-person singular of rake up
as in owns

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  1. owns
  2. acknowledges
  3. admits
  4. concedes
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  • In addition to Envy, Jago’s company also owns Circ Apartment Residences in Hollywood, which could be renamed Circ Condominiums or Circ Residences as an apartment-to-condo conversion.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • However, Chris-Craft owns the design for the custom aluminum grill and bezel encasing the speaker.
    Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of owns
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  • But the mayor acknowledges that’s much easier said than done.
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • King acknowledges the show left the audience with a bit of a conundrum in the season 2 finale.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of acknowledges
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  • Much of his education on the farm has come from other farmers and the internet, Grenier admits, which was a factor in starting his documentary series, Earth Speed.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Smit admits that in the months following JonBenét's death, investigators considered going to court to have her body exhumed but decided against it.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of admits
Verb
  • Many lobster dishes are thought of as summer staples, Holden concedes, but lobster is also fitting for special occasions.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The refined view of entropy is one that sheds the false dreams of total efficiency and perfect prediction and instead concedes the irreducible uncertainty in the world.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of concedes
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