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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The following burglaries are from reports collected from the Little Rock and North Little Rock police departments.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026 -
Winners of the Lucky for Life top prize of $1,000 a day for life and second prize of $25,000 a year for life can decide to collect the prize for a minimum of 20 years or take a lump sum cash payment.—
Staff Reports,
The Providence Journal,
14 Feb. 2026
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Or, to put it another way, LightBar is assembling bounty hunters to track down misuse of Hollywood IP.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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By combining past and recent Hubble observations of the Egg Nebula, researchers have assembled the most detailed portrait yet of its layered structure, offering new clues about how dying stars sculpt the material that will eventually help form future generations of stars and planets.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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And as traders bought more, the gains gathered steam, resulting in skyrocketing prices.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Several dozen demonstrators also gathered at Temple and Alameda streets near the federal building, and a broadcast report said police issued a dispersal order there.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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But the best listened carefully and used that information to clear notorious corners and round up gang leaders.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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At a time when people are being rounded up, questioned and sometimes dragged away because of their accent or skin color, recrimination would be understandable.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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Over 12 years of eligibility, this could accumulate to more than €1,440 ($1,700) per child, not counting the potential investment gains from compounding interest over the decade.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Currently, the odds favor areas north of the Massachusetts Turnpike for accumulating snow with mainly rain or a rain/snow mix south of the Pike.—
Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Imagine banishing stuffed animals from the living room, corralling all the toy cars outside the main bedroom, and finally finding a place for that play kitchen that isn’t your actual kitchen.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
11 Feb. 2026
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The vortex is like a circular rushing river of wind that corrals the bitterest cold air up in the Arctic.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
9 Feb. 2026
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Multiple chips are then grouped together to create FinalSpark’s Neuroplatform (aka.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Assembling the Ni-Ti tubes into a working elastocaloric regenerator—a type of heat exchanger—involved grouping them into trios, and tightly fitting them into a strong plastic casing.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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The study was covered fairly widely within the crypto space, garnering links in Coinbase, Cointelegraph, and other outlets.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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An online petition calling for Denmark to purchase California has garnered more than 266,000 signatures.—
Nicholas Clairmont,
Washington Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Bulk (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulk%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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