CHALKED UP Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

chalked up

verb

past tense of chalk up

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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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 Our success so far has been 100 percent chalked up to using the constraint of our assortment as our superpower. — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Some of the Chrysler Building’s dramatic loss of value can be chalked up to its aging infrastructure and the shaky market for not-new office space. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026 Cramer chalked up Tuesday's decline in Grail to profit-taking. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 But Tip Toe is a drama for an age in which Leo at one point muses that queerphobia can no longer be chalked up to a lack of visibility. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Sarandos chalked up the exits to individual circumstances, not a change in Netflix’s stance on talent. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 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

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Blair attributed the incident to drinking a glass of wine and taking a pill.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Williams Trading analyst Sam Poser attributed the stock's response to the lack of details provided by management.

— Justin Zacks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of attributed

Verb

Moscow — By agreeing to open Russia’s taps and release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel into a starving global market, the Kremlin has achieved something that raw military might on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine could never deliver.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
Faith has achieved all of this in a town where the most boundary-pushing, visionary works and artists aren’t always the ones most celebrated on Music Row.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieved

Verb

The circumstances of Saint Michael’s help while the pilgrim labored and delivered in the ocean were markedly different from those in the miracle ascribed to the Virgin.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of ascribed

Verb

And in 2008, the owner of a formalwear company won a roughly $850,000 judgment against Peter over unpaid loans to finance his business.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
The original series won the Golden Globe for best drama in 2019 and routinely lands near the top of lists hailing the best TV series of the past quarter century.

— Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of won

Verb

While the telephone and television took decades to reach 100 million users, ChatGPT and TikTok attained that threshold in a matter of months.

— Raghupathy Sivakumar, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
That show, launched in 2020, attained a cult following — it was named Best Podcasts of the Year by outlets like Vogue, Esquire and Cosmopolitan.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of attained

Verb

The reactionary spirit of mobsters was particularly useful to the authorities when left-wing politics gained steam in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
First Solar — Shares gained 2% after Truist upgraded the solar name to buy from hold.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®,Paulina Likos, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of gained

Verb

Growing up amid high divorce rates has also made younger couples more conscious of protecting their financial independence.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
The Belgium–Netherlands–Italy co-production, directed by Brecht Debackere, made its world premiere in May at the Cannes Film Festival.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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