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
Verb
  • An Acquisition Chain, Not A One-Off OpenRouter lands on top of a stack Stripe has been assembling piece by piece.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Peltz weighs deal for Wendy’s Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund is assembling a group that could bid to take Wendy’s private as the chain faces declining sales, falling traffic, and restaurant closures.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • Investigators are now reviewing surveillance video and collecting evidence in the neighborhood to piece everything together.
    — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That comparison includes the boon Target received from collecting its tariff refunds.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • The lawyer added that according to Zhykovych, Berezovska conducted several tasks for the two men, gathering information on people of interest to them.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But gathering the real-world human data necessary to win Food and Drug Administration approval for drugs, devices, and other interventions can be an arduous task.
    — Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • Collins thanked the Porter County Emergency Management Agency for rounding up five generators that helped keep lift stations operating.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Scammers often pretend to be lawyers offering ways to avoid in-person court hearings, taking advantage of anxieties among even lawful residents after ICE officers began rounding up people during immigration proceedings.
    — Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
Definition of rounding up
Verb
  • In our own solar system, giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn are thought to have begun rapidly accumulating their massive gaseous envelopes once their growing cores reached roughly 20 times Earth's mass.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Kraken have done a fantastic job accumulating depth and building a balanced system with a priority on skill.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of accumulating
Verb
  • Bronin took the other 25, amassing a 10,000-vote victory margin, 54%.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • And oftentimes this president peddles misinformation as a means to other ends, like amassing more money for himself while holding on to his seat of power.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of amassing
Verb
  • This time around, however, the tech giant is establishing parameters on mass arbitration by grouping them in batches of 25, 100, and 500, depending on the total number of claimants with similar issues.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Start small by grouping items by type, discarding excess, and using storage solutions to maintain order and functionality.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 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 24 Aug. 2026.

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