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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulked (up)
  1. assembled
  2. collected
  3. gathered
  4. rounded up
  5. accumulated
  6. grouped
  7. amassed
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  • Texas ran for 212 yards, and it all but put the game away on the ground until Ole Miss assembled an evening-ending combination of plays that led to a Hail Mary attempt to potentially win it.
    — Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
  • After a week of respecting the sanctity of spoilers, our critics have assembled to discuss the movie in detail.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembled
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  • Engineers use the physical measurements collected during core heating to test the accuracy of their mathematical reactor models.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The total revenue collected was $168,294 but the cost to the district was $731,323.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of collected
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  • Hundreds of people were gathered inside the warehouse of a steel-fabricating company in north Topeka in a state where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • More than a hundred people had gathered earlier in and around the church for a funeral procession.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • Here, we‘ve rounded up the top neck creams recommended by dermatologists and our roster of mature skin testers.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Vogue looked to classic films and rounded up some of the most iconic sweater moments of all time, for your enjoyment.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rounded up
Verb
  • Debris and old foods accumulated on the floor under the cookline, around the deli meat slicer and under the warewashing sink.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, for instance, has struggled with occupancy despite major marketing campaigns and has accumulated nearly $700 million in losses since 2017, according to the Financial Times.
    — Contessa Brewer,Ryan Ruggiero, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of accumulated
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  • Two popular names with deep ties to the Pittsburgh region will be grouped this week at the PGA Tour's event in Bermuda.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Peters grouped India, Indonesia and Colombia among markets where Netflix still has considerable room to add subscribers and plans to maintain accessible entry-level prices.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of grouped
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  • The brand’s Peptide Detox shampoo, which adsorbs hard water deposits to thoroughly clean hair, has amassed 238,000 impressions on TikTok this month and can consistently be found topping the app’s section for popular searches.
    — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • This new holiday collection comes at a busy time for Birkenstock, which has amassed quite an active release calendar.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of amassed
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