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as in to score
to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points
having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal
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as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory
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Recent Examples of rack up
By Tuesday morning, Monday’s show had racked up nearly three million views on Rumble, dwarfing the figures for Owens’s and Fuentes’s competing episodes on the platform.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
The Lincoln Lawyer, one of our favorite legal dramas on Netflix, has racked up more than 170 million views across its first three seasons, according to the streamer.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
By her fifth birthday, Mary Minogue was racking up victories against her peers.
—Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Spillane, meanwhile, racked up 97 tackles and two interceptions in 13 games in 2025 for New England.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2026
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
The Lincoln Lawyer, one of our favorite legal dramas on Netflix, has racked up more than 170 million views across its first three seasons, according to the streamer.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
By her fifth birthday, Mary Minogue was racking up victories against her peers.
—Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Spillane, meanwhile, racked up 97 tackles and two interceptions in 13 games in 2025 for New England.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rack up
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Bad Bunny scored a touchdown before either team did during Super Bowl LX on Sunday, marching down the field during his halftime show before spiking a football at the end zone.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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The junior scored 18 points on 7-of-20 shooting with 5 assists.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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For instance, an athlete might restrict food intake to find focus, or delay eating to achieve a specific goal that day.—
Emily Hemendinger,
The Conversation,
13 Feb. 2026
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Florida’s victory launched a historic run that culminated in SEC and NCAA championships — a double last achieved by the 2001 Gators.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Democrat Joe Biden won Georgia by about 11,800 votes in an election overseen by a Republican secretary of state and certified by a Republican governor.—
Kate Brumback,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Her performance in the women's luge singles on Tuesday also marked just the second time an American has won an Olympic medal in the event.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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But prison camps attained this scale and significance only gradually.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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In math, just 18% of students attained that level.—
Larry Sand,
Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Local polls had consistently projected that no single party would gain a majority, necessitating the formation of a coalition government.—
GRANT PECK,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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The analyst also expects MongoDB to gain from higher consumption, driven by rising enterprise workloads.—
TipRanks,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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The San Francisco Police Department’s Strategic Investigation Unit continues to investigate the shooting, while no arrests have been made at this time.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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That success only made realizing his childhood Olympic medal dream all the more tantalizing.—
Dana ONeil,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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