PULL IN Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

pull in

verb

Definition of pull in

as in to contain

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long

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as in to arrest

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law he was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car

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Verb

The budget is likely to retain a focus on devolution, greater public control of public services and more private sector partnerships, but contain little to change the macro outlook, Monks said in a note Monday.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Most of the genome is non-coding and contains a mix of things, including centromeres, which help ensure chromosomes are divided evenly between cells, and caps that protect the chromosome ends.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of contain

Verb

Western Michigan won the rushing battle and dominated time of possession, controlling the ball for more than 40 minutes.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Musk plans to integrate Cybercabs, which lack manual controls that passengers could use to take over in an emergency, into the company’s existing cab service, which until now has used only conventional Tesla vehicles.

— Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of control

Verb

But the truth of it is that Sharaa forced his hand by seizing swathes of the SDF’s territory in a lightning offensive in January.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
Who knows more of the injustice of the world than the girl who saw her town seized by a white-supremacist coup, the Wilmington massacre, in 1898?

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of seize

Verb

But after injuries kept him out of game action for 1,241 days, the kid who came up as a can’t-miss ace finally made his MLB debut this year, albeit as a reliever.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Havana is having trouble keeping the lights on and providing food for their people.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of keep

Verb

Sánchez allowed two runs in the sixth inning of Game 1 of the 2025 NLDS but still exited with a lead.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The Diamondbacks scored four two-out runs in the 10th -- two on a single by Geraldo Perdomo, one on a single by Gabriel Moreno and one on a single by Nolan Arenado.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of run in

Verb

The panel of three judges nominated by Democratic former President Joe Biden agreed with the plaintiffs that the president does not have the power to regulate states' election policy.

— NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
For stars to form, gas has to be cold and not ionized, so hypersoft X-ray sources could be gently regulating star formation within galaxies.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of regulate

Verb

Running back If you’re not used to seeing the running back position here, grab a ticket and join the line.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Just like the rest of us that day, most of the dead were just going about such ordinary tasks as showing up for work, grabbing a cup of coffee and traveling on a commercial jetliner, or just trying to lend a hand to people in trouble.

— Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

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