bulked

Definition of bulkednext
past tense of bulk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulked
Verb
  • Oklahoma City increased its lead to 24 and never was threatened after taking a 65-43 lead into halftime.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • However, permanent green cards for high-priority relatives of citizens, including young children, parents and spouses, increased by 6% for the first eight months of the year over the same period in 2024.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Instead of delivering snacks and meals to kids, the group inflated claims and invoices, and solicited and received kickbacks.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Beck — along with many other Minnesota farmers — prepays for most of his fertilizer from local cooperatives months ahead of growing season, so the war has not suddenly inflated his fertilizer costs.
    Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Despite this high-minded rhetoric, Talarico has benefited from reams of cash from corporate lobbyists, billionaires, and business executives who have flooded Texas on his behalf.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The adjacent dining area seats six and is flooded with light from oversized windows that brighten the entire apartment.
    Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Boxing scenes in movies, other than in a handful of classics, tend to start to look all the same, a mishmash of beads of sweat and blood and jowels distended, all fists flying and battering as two men catapult and careen across the ring.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
  • My stomach wasn't distended anymore.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • However, the source claims Taylor shoved Ritchson to the ground first, prompting the actor to throw punches.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • As a result, she was shoved down some alley stairs.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • These concerns are heightened as reports of overcrowding and lack of food in detention centers across the nation have proliferated.
    Eric Westervelt, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Micron manufactures the high-bandwidth memory chips needed to train and run large language models and other AI systems that have proliferated since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Beach is glutted with souvenir shops and rental car outlets, the study found, but lacks auto and household supply stores, bookstores and service stations.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • During Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s goals record last season, Wilson was a spokesman of sorts for the roster, speaking at length day after day about his teammate’s greatness, contextualizing each moment even as the attendant circus mushroomed around him.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • During his tenure, enrollment more than doubled, the endowment mushroomed and the campus expanded.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Bulked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulked. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.

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