bulking (up)

verb

present participle of bulk (up)
as in assembling
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 bulking (up)
  1. assembling
  2. collecting
  3. gathering
  4. rounding up
  5. accumulating
  6. amassing
  7. grouping
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  • Each scenario presents political obstacles, leaving Eisenkot facing the difficult task of assembling a coalition among parties with sharply different views on religion, national identity and security policy.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The only participating locale the family hasn’t visited in person is Ulster County, New York, which committed itself to assembling 100 bags.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of assembling
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  • The government shutdown last year prevented the bureau from collecting sufficient data in October 2025, so there is no comparable figure to use.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Each item costs less than $200, and with the holidays coming—with endless-feeling opportunities for hosting and gifting—now is a great time to start collecting.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • While gathering material in southern Ukraine, Carrère travels with a group of Ukrainian soldiers, one of whom, a brooding young man named Serhiy, reminds him of a character from a Dostoyevsky novel.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The spacecraft eventually dropped down to just 171 miles (275 kilometers) above the planet, and the observatory officially stopped gathering scientific data.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • Below, The Hollywood Reporter is rounding up the most memorable social media reactions.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
  • President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had turned what was once the world’s deadliest country into one of its safest, largely by rounding up tens of thousands of young men and sentencing them to prison in mass trials.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of rounding up
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  • In people with Alzheimer’s, amyloid plaques and tau tangles build up in the brain and begin accumulating years before noticeable symptoms surface.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Goldman Sachs reiterates CoreWeave as buy The investment bank said investors should keep accumulating positions in shares of CoreWeave following earnings on Tuesday.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of accumulating
Verb
  • While its overnight ratings are not overly high, sketches from the show are amassing millions of YouTube views.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Notre Dame finished with 426 yards, its fifth time amassing 400 this season.
    — Kyle Hightower, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of amassing
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  • Drying towels on their own rather than grouping them with other laundry items eliminates this issue.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In 2023, Canali debuted Care, an umbrella program grouping all the brand’s eco- and responsibility-minded initiatives.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of grouping
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“Bulking (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulking%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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