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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  1. assembled
  2. collected
  3. gathered
  4. rounded up
  5. accumulated
  6. grouped
  7. amassed
Verb
  • On a budget of just $15 million, Yamazaki assembled a visual effects team of just 35 artists to create 610 effects shots.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The machine’s roughly 80-ton tower was delivered in two sections and assembled on site.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • Hypersonic development depends heavily on flight testing and the data collected during those missions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Calderon became a friend to the whole family, and Wilson’s daughter collected cans to add to Calderon’s collection and learned Spanish phrases to speak with him.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of collected
Verb
  • The students of the Aburi Girls Boarding School in central Ghana have gathered to perform for a recruiter from the Miss Ghana pageant.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathered
Verb
  • Stars like Einbinder and Susan Sarandon were rounded up for demanding an end to Israel’s military actions in Gaza and southern Lebanon ahead of the Israeli PM’s speech at UN headquarters.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In August, a judge awarded around $73,000 to one law firm and just under $14,000 to another after lawyers successfully challenged the detention of some of the immigrants rounded up that October day.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of rounded up
Verb
  • The former Michigan State stand out accumulated 70 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The companies that scale well are not the ones that never accumulated operational debt.
    — Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of accumulated
Verb
  • The earlier four-count indictment grouped the devices found outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters together under each charge.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
  • While Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities are regularly grouped together and considered uniformly successful, studies have found significant disparities in educational access and outcomes across subgroups over time.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of grouped
Verb
  • The winger’s two goals and near-third played a massive role in the 3-0 lead Sporting amassed just 15 minutes into its last match.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Whitley amassed a 52-16 record and won two region titles at Creekside before taking over at Stockbridge.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of amassed
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