BULKED (UP) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

bulked (up)

verb

past tense of bulk (up)

as in assembled

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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The International Association of Assessing Officers has assembled a task force to study the issue.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
The platform offers a window into how earning a living can increasingly be assembled from different sources rather than tied entirely to one employer.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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An ill wind blows around infant stars The team conducted its research using data collected by the JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The cell lines from the cultures developed in the 1960s are still growing, which means new tissue won't need to be collected, according the AAP.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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An Israeli military source told CNN the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had gathered intelligence on Turkey’s plans to deploy personnel, drones and air-defense systems at the site.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The 33% approval the president gathered also tied his worst approval rating during his first term in office.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

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The latter is rounded up, meaning, for example, a £7m Red Threshold breach would incur an eight-point deduction (six points fixed, plus two for the size of the breach).

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Totals ending in three, four, eight or nine may be rounded up.

— Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of rounded up

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Directed by Na Hong-Jin and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, the alien-encounter feature has accumulated $35 million from 4,518,395 admissions.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
Bregman has accumulated more than 5,000 at-bats across his major-league career, and none of those moments happened during a rebuilding period.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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Wedbush's Reese noted that Imax is grouped in with the theatrical exhibition space, which is traditionally a slow-growth, dividend-paying business.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The Governors no longer are grouped with Class 5A sectional nemesis Merrillville, which has ended each of their past three seasons.

— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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The festival worker who had taken the picture handed me back my phone and ushered me into the long line of fans amassed at the entrance to the theatre.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Over the course of her famously eventful love life, Taylor accepted 10 proposals, married eight times, and amassed a trove of diamonds and precious stones that became nearly as storied as the woman wearing them.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026

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