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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Once assembled, each tool undergoes pressure testing to verify 100% sealing integrity.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025 -
For the Mariners, three of those are against the Colorado Rockies, one of the worst major-league teams ever assembled.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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In order to determine if the intriguing minerals were produced by microbial metabolism or an abiotic process, samples collected by the rover would need to be delivered to Earth for further analysis, team members have stressed.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Tagovailoa looked calm and collected in the first half.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Des Moines following the arrest, calling for Roberts’s release.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Everyone is gathered around to hear the evidence that will tell us there wasn’t a ghost at all, nor a demon haunting these proceedings.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Anyone living in one of the dozens of surrounding villages, such as Nazareth, who was not rounded up must have cowered in fear behind closed doors or hidden in the various underground cisterns and hewn chambers beneath the ancient houses and courtyards of the Jewish villages.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Atlas star recently rounded up her summer getaway trip to the Hamptons on her Instagram, sharing a selfie with Emme.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Smith’s half-sack against the Kansas City Chiefs remains the only such statistic the unit has accumulated so far.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Tigers accumulated 10 hits and four walks overall, but struck out 12 times and never scored again.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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While there was not a specific window of timing that constituted the early versus the late eating group, the researchers grouped participants relative to their peers.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
24 Sep. 2025
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For example, Reggio Emilia classrooms are grouped more traditionally by age, and teachers take on groups for one academic year (instead of three years, as in Montessori).—
Katrina Donham,
Parents,
23 Sep. 2025
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Hays amassed land records and deeds, photos of interiors and exteriors of houses, and called to the stand an electricity expert to describe what low kilowatt usage might suggest about whether someone lives in a house or not.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Logan Rexroat registered a game-high 156 rushing yards on 18 carries, as Argyle amassed 292 yards on the ground.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Bulked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulked%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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