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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
In the series’ early months, the 90-second episodes didn’t even end in a transformation; the payoff was simply going on the journey with Coster, and still the series racked up millions of views.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Another, Tigers star Miguel Cabrera, racked up another 988 hits and 121 homers en route to the milestones of 3,000 hits and 500 homers.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
During the forbearance, interest will continue to rack up on your debt.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Nola was also racking up the strikeouts.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Another, Tigers star Miguel Cabrera, racked up another 988 hits and 121 homers en route to the milestones of 3,000 hits and 500 homers.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
During the forbearance, interest will continue to rack up on your debt.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Nola was also racking up the strikeouts.
—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rack up
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That’s a far cry from their 2023 World Series team that owned the top-scoring offense in the American League.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Reddit post scored more than 15,000 upvotes within two days before the user deleted her throwaway account.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The future belongs to those who can integrate technological capability with human wisdom, creating something greater than either could achieve alone.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Developed by researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the new material achieves record-high thermoelectric performance.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Razorbacks won the toss and will receive.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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The founders of Ssense have won round one in their battle with their creditors, allowing the company to remain in the hands of chief executive officer Rami Atallah and his brothers Firas and Bassel, who are fighting to remain in business and restructure the company’s operations.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
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This includes today’s conventional AI and the rest of the pathway up to attaining AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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However, building a reputation of enduring trust among connoisseurs is a crown that can only be attained by perseverance.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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As a result, customers gained 5% more usable capacity on FlashArray and 6% more usable capacity on FlashBlade through a nondisruptive software upgrade.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas gained 333 yards and gave up 301 yards in a defenseless first half.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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That irritation makes the airway more twitchy, more inflamed and prone to narrow.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Overall, aspirin makes the environment more challenging for cancer to get a foothold in, particularly for people with the genetic makeup predisposed to dysregulated cell function, where cancer cell growth and division is more likely.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Rack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack%20up. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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