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bulks (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of bulk (up)
as in assembles
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 bulks (up)
  1. assembles
  2. collects
  3. gathers
  4. rounds up
  5. groups
  6. accumulates
  7. corrals
  8. amasses
Verb
  • The plant assembles some of Ford's most profitable vehicles, including the F-Series Super Duty and Lincoln Navigator.
    — Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Iberseries & Platino Industria confab in Madrid has launched the Euro-Atlantic Series Co-Pro Pitch Program, which assembles a cross-section of mainly European TV projects that seek to advance their development.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembles
Verb
  • Potter also requested the district create a public list of every app and platform authorized for elementary classrooms, and what data each collects on users.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The organization collects footwear and clothing donations and routes them toward reuse channels.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of collects
Verb
  • For families This is a house that suits a family takeover—a multi-generational group, including young children, with the main event the evening meal, when everyone gathers around the long table, in front of a roaring fire.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
  • First, the software gathers raw diagnostic readings from the reactor, including temperature, density, and magnetic data.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathers
Verb
  • An InStyle editor rounds up 12 fall aura nail ideas, ranging from vampy color combinations to intricate, maximalist sets.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Today’s newsletter rounds up stories about how relationships of all kinds can influence your personality.
    — Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of rounds up
Verb
  • Because humans can readily resolve patterns in motion — when points move in the same direction, the brain groups them into a unified whole — the moving dots appear as faint letters.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of groups
Verb
  • That's why starting this season, a one-game suspension will be given to any player who accumulates penalties from three specific moves — hip drop tackle, horse collar tackle, launching, hit on a defenseless player, and a blindside block.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
  • This contaminant accumulates in larger fish that eat smaller fish.
    — Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of accumulates
Verb
  • But the more underrated value lies in the harness that corrals that intelligence to achieve specific business outcomes.
    — Don Schuerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
Definition of corrals
Verb
  • Kang amasses writings from over the course of her career, beginning with her Nobel lecture and reaching deep into her life’s documents, with diaries, poems, and photographs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
  • The Texas native collects coveted roles and franchise parts like Thanos amasses Infinity Stones or Tom Hanks stockpiles vintage typewriters.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of amasses
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“Bulks (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulks%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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