bulked

past tense of bulk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulked
Verb
  • In a survey from brokerage firm Evercore ISI conducted last year, ChatGPT respondents saying ChatGPT was their top search provider increased to 5% from 1% four months prior.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Warming trends delay first freeze in US Fall days that are unusually warm have increased in 238 cities, or 98% of the 243 cities that were examined by Climate Central.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the recent past, Japanese companies like Toyota and Sony had flooded America’s market with high quality but inexpensive cars and electronics, harming the business of great American brands, including General Motors and RCA.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In 1700, for example, the Dutch flooded part of West Africa with perhaps as much as 40 million pounds of gunpowder, enough for well over half a billion musket shots; the world population at the time may have been as low as 600 million people.
    Clifton Crais, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Beating New England was legitimately impressive -- especially in hindsight -- but the victories over the Jets, Vikings and Browns inflated this team's record.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Those expectations might be only slightly inflated for this Dodgers era.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cargill's time with the title was cut short, as Naomi shoved her off a platform and onto a parked car.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Jones attempted to help the quarterback up to his feet before Rodgers quickly shoved him aside.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eclipse Planning Resources Since 2017, online resources for eclipse planners have proliferated.
    Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Although many Americans are only just beginning to take notice, indoor climbing gyms have steadily proliferated ever since.
    Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In other words, consumer spending is still strong, accounting for almost 70 percent of United States GDP, median household incomes have been relatively stable for a decade, and poverty slightly down, and household net worth has ballooned since the pandemic by 30 percent.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Beef costs have ballooned as much as 12% in the past year.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Matt Priest, president and CEO of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers Association, said in a telephone interview that many of the footwear products firms front loaded in early pre-tariff deliveries — particularly in women’s shoes — have sold through.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Bills may be able to find impact players in the secondary and/or the receivers room, though the market on the defensive interior is considerably less loaded in 2025.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Bulked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulked. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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