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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Sheila and Tyler Donovan’s deaths were the second and third homicides reported in Lenexa in 2024, according to data collected by The Star.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025 -
Human value data can be collected through surveys, and the field of social choice offers useful tools to interpret it for AI alignment.—
Aidan Kierans,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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The mission will be the ninth crew mission to Tiangong, and the sixth visit since the three-module orbital outpost was fully assembled in October 2022.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Foreign companies producing goods in the U.S. are also affected, like Airbus, which assembles some of its narrow-body planes in Alabama, but relies on imports.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Annika Kim Constantino,Leslie Josephs,Ari Levy,Amelia Lucas,Melissa Repko,Hugh Son,Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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Homicide and crime scene personnel were gathering evidence and speaking with possible witnesses.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
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Monitor and gather feedback: Establish monitoring systems to track performance and gather feedback from users.—
Kim Bozzella,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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The fiber is part of Lenzing’s Application Innovation Collection (ALC), a seasonal round up of garments made by 8-10 mill partners that showcase new ways to use the company’s fiber technologies.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Apr. 2025
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The rookies this season accumulated 0.054 win shares per 48 minutes—the ninth lowest of the past 40 seasons, but still significantly above recent seasons such as 2014, 2015 and 2017, as well as the infamously unproductive 2001 cohort.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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For example, an American house accumulates an average of 300,000 objects, with more money spent each year on shoes, jewelry and clothes than on higher education.—
Ana Morales,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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Swanson got his glove on Jason Heyward’s game-tying single in the sixth but couldn’t corral it.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Girls lacrosse Senior Karina Bosco sniped five goals to go with two assists, and also corralled eight draw controls to propel Dighton-Rehoboth (2-1) to a 15-8 victory over Taunton in nonleague action.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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The climbing community—and our editorial staff—still felt that none of these disciplines ought to be grouped together.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
13 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps most useful for sticky note aficionados is the app’s ability to quickly group sticky notes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Moreover, seasonal shades also garnered rave reviews.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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New Hampshire is also publicly tracking which of its districts sign, garnering praise from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.—
Jonaki Mehta,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Bulk (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulk%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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