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chalked up

verb

past tense of chalk up
1
as in attributed
to explain (something) as being the result of something else let's chalk up her weird behavior to simple nervousness

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2
as in achieved
to obtain (as a goal) through effort chalked up a record in singles tennis that is likely to stand for a long time

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Recent Examples of chalked up Even at the time, these hints were chalked up to a game of high-stakes chicken over the summer between Ellison and California. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 Though Ortega’s departure was originally chalked up to scheduling with her Netflix series Wednesday, the actress has since acknowledged the truth behind her departure. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026 There is no doubt this one will be chalked up as an incorrect decision in the eyes of the KMI panel. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The Texas head coach had abandoned a halftime on-field interview with Laura Rutledge, which the sideline reporter chalked up to technical difficulties that cut into the coach’s limited halftime intermission. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026 But not all of these fortunes can be chalked up to just good old-fashioned hard work, ingenuity, and entrepreneurial hustle in delivering better products and services to consumers. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 Sanders chalked up the shortage to changes in pension and retirement rules. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 But that does not mean Iamaleava’s lack of proficiency through the air should be chalked up to a run-heavy game script. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Some of this criticism can be chalked up to differing interpretations of the science, and of how best to treat stubborn afflictions such as anxiety and depression when all of the remedies have potential downsides. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chalked up
  1. attributed
  2. achieved
  3. ascribed
  4. won
  5. attained
  6. gained
  7. made
  8. scored
Verb
  • Those losses cover many kinds of online crime and cannot be attributed to AI malware.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The first is that most of the M6’s gains can be attributed to its extra CPU and GPU cores relative to the M5, and the M5 Pro, M5 Max, and M5 Ultra all obviously still have more of both kinds of cores than the M6 does.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of attributed
Verb
  • Out of the more than 7,000 wine-producing châteaus in the region, 21 were highlighted by Michelin despite not earning a grape; then 38 received one, 16 were awarded two, and nine achieved the highest distinction of three.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The group has achieved a number of critical highs in recent years.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of achieved
Verb
  • Her presence, too, is felt in the people who now inhabit the space, like her granddaughter Charley, 25, whose easy warmth recalls qualities long ascribed to the matriarch.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • After the meeting, Harper ascribed the tensions that boiled over to a divide between the board and the district’s teachers union on how to improve student achievement.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ascribed
Verb
  • The next year, women won equal right to credit cards and mortgages.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Both Davis and Washington were nominated for Academy Awards as actors — Davis won an Oscar trophy for best supporting actress — and the film earned a best picture nomination.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of won
Verb
  • In this new culture, freedom was attained not through engagement in political struggle but through individual consumer choices.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of attained
Verb
  • The state AGs and the WGA filed suit in July after federal regulators had approved the deal, and gained surprising traction in a series of early court rulings, giving opponents of the merger hope it would be curtailed or even fully blocked.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Google said on Friday that its Gemini model had hacked three other companies back in May, the first time the search giant has disclosed that one of its models autonomously gained access to third-party computer systems without permission.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of gained
Verb
  • The next day, Leigh made one last desperate attempt to get her things.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Osubor, who also stars, made the film under the mentorship of 90s indie film stalwart Alexandre Rockwell (In the Soup) follows an ambitious flower-delivery driver (Osubor) who gets drawn into the orbit of a powerful local figure called Big Daddy.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of made
Verb
  • Cregger then cast him as the lead of his Resident Evil reboot, which has now scored the franchise’s best reviews and highest-grossing opening weekend, taking in $60 million across its first three days.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Seven days later, the same Panthers held the Falcons to three points, a total that rates in the latter franchise’s lowest sixth percentile for points scored in a regular-season game, also according to Stathead.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of scored

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“Chalked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalked%20up. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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