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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
Mortgages will also generally continue to rack up interest until the loan is satisfied and many personal and auto loans also continue to accumulate interest, according to their terms.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Furnishing a home requires significant investments, many of them, racked up over time.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
1 July 2026
That roundup includes the Radio Songs chart, which details the tracks that rack up the largest total number of audience impressions across all radio formats throughout the United States.
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The trend has racked up over 32 million views on TikTok in a single month under the everything shower hashtag, according to Victoria Stokes writing for Healthline.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for rack up
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Furnishing a home requires significant investments, many of them, racked up over time.
—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
1 July 2026
That roundup includes the Radio Songs chart, which details the tracks that rack up the largest total number of audience impressions across all radio formats throughout the United States.
—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The trend has racked up over 32 million views on TikTok in a single month under the everything shower hashtag, according to Victoria Stokes writing for Healthline.
—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
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Miami took the lead in the second inning when Heriberto Hernandez led off with a double, Kyle Stowers was hit by a pitch and both scored on a double by Leo Jimenez.
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Antonacci got hit by a pitch, then scored the go-ahead run on Montgomery’s one-out double.
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The 44-year-old singer's children, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, made a rare joint public appearance at Paris Men's Fashion Week after TMZ reported that the two would achieve a runway milestone together during the days-long sartorial event overseas.
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In addition, for those who endeavor to achieve a higher degree, Future Legends continues to support its scholars into post graduate fields such as medicine, law, the sciences, and finance, the news release states.
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Cendejas is a partner at the Strategy Group and has worked with several notable winning political campaigns, including San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Wahab’s first run for Senate against former Fremont Mayor Lily Mei in 2022.
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The Red Sox have won seven of his last eight games.
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In our post-religious era—in which, beneath the cloak of secular humanitarianism, righteous religiosity and virtuous crusading remain as potent as ever—history has attained the authority, authenticity and prestige that religion and its prelates once possessed.
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Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich didn’t attain the necessary 75% of votes.
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The point Algeria picked up for the draw gave them four for the tournament, one more than Iran gained in their three matches in Group G, and dropped Iran to the ninth spot among the third place teams, one shy of making the round of 32.
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James Stocklas gained some celebrity for his Powerball win, but all of it was positive, and the coverage quickly faded.
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Those changes to Florida’s ADAP in March would’ve dropped eligibility from making an annual household income at 400% of the poverty level — or about $63,800 for a one-person household — to 130% of the poverty level.
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Her victory over leftist challenger Roberto Sánchez marks her fourth presidential bid and makes her Peru’s first female president-elect.
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“Rack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack%20up. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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