bulked

past tense of bulk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulked
Verb
  • Through 2025, the application backlog increased, leaving it 48% higher than at the end of former President Joe Biden’s term.
    Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The bank said last week's hawkish Federal Open Market Committee meeting has increased uncertainty over the outlook for short-term interest rates, even as lower oil prices have eased concerns about an economic downturn.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Videos have flooded social media platforms in the hours since the earthquakes hit Venezuela, with people both inside and outside the country using them to gauge the extent of the destruction, and check if the homes of uncontactable family members are safe.
    Will Clark, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • So the place is half-flooded, there’s barely enough money on hand to operate, and food supplies are minimal.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley predict the undersupply of chips will persist and keep memory prices heavily inflated through at least 2027.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Additionally, the lawsuit claims that by owning both ESPN and Hulu + Live TV, Disney effectively set the baseline price for live TV streaming services and inflated prices across the market by raising its own product prices.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Seconds later, Hines-Allen decided she was done talking and shoved Bonner.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • In Hesse, a rabbi was shoved in a supermarket in front of his children and had his cell phone snatched from him.
    Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Fiber slows gastric emptying, making the stomach more distended.
    Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 27 May 2026
  • In his songs, the English language turned woolier and more expressionistic; musical space-time distended and stretched.
    New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.
    Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • It’s glutted with supporting characters, and the plot still eddies through a series of clearly episodic incidents.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After Kirk’s death, Club America chapters proliferated in Palm Beach County’s private schools, including the Benjamin School, which is among the most academically rigorous.
    Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • What's more, these direct-to-consumer products that have proliferated in the wellness space aren't held to the same standards as diagnostic tests that your doctor might order to check for a specific disease or pathogen.
    Will Stone, NPR, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • During the last homestand, the day after the bottom of the order struck out consecutively with the bases loaded in what became a walk-off win against the Baltimore Orioles, Roberts called over Ryan Ward and Alex Freeland in the dugout during batting practice.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Detroit, though, loaded the bases with one out in the third on a walk, Altuve's fielding error and a hit batter.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 June 2026
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“Bulked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulked. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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