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notches (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of notch (up)
as in wins
to obtain (as a goal) through effort a stunning performance that notched up a second Academy Award for the actor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for notches (up)
  1. wins
  2. achieves
  3. attains
  4. gains
  5. scores
  6. makes
Verb
  • Furthermore, the president and close advisers argue that the paramount concern is ensuring the United States wins the AI race against China, maintaining both economic primacy and national security.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Are the Hawks in a position to string together wins this year?
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of wins
Verb
  • But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Dillon wanders through his shelves, scrutinizing works by Walter Benjamin, Joan Didion, or James Baldwin and seeing, at a granular level, how writing achieves such profound effects.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of achieves
Verb
  • During its orbit, S301 attains speeds more than 100,000 times faster than a commercial airliner—over eight percent the speed of light.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • By the end of the novel, Sun Wukong attains Buddhahood.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Definition of attains
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  • The biggest issue on the ballot in November is for voters to decide what profit is there if one gains the whole world and our country loses its soul.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Productivity gains only matter if the work AI produces is good enough to move the business forward.
    — Samir Dutta, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of gains
Verb
  • Bills cruise past Lions as Josh Allen scores five touchdowns in new home debut.
    — , FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Jamar Buckner scores on a 6 yard touchdown run and Seminole takes the lead.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of scores
Verb
  • The system makes hands-free upright mobility available to eligible wheelchair users living with spinal cord injuries at any level, who can manually operate the device’s controller.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The part that makes the idea harder to categorize may also be the part people remember.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of makes
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“Notches (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notches%20%28up%29. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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