raking up

present participle of rake up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for raking up
Verb
  • Biglari, who had purchased a 7% stake in the chain in 2007, became the company’s third-largest shareholder, owning more shares than all of Steak ‘n Shake’s then executive officers and directors combined.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Often, new owners only look at the business and financial aspects of owning a franchise.
    Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Blue Moon, a Molson Coors brand, will also be sampling at locations in Boston, Denver, Long Island, Nashville, and Philadelphia, and giving away bags of oranges.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jackets for Jobs' mission on its own is to empower people seeking jobs by giving away free business attire, so joining this initiative just made sense, Vaughn said.
    Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time.
    Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Also on display was a 1774 letter from King George III to Prime Minister Lord North, acknowledging the escalating rebellion in the American colonies and referencing the Boston Tea Party as a pivotal moment in deteriorating relations.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Raking up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raking%20up. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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