PULLED IN Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

pulled in

verb

past tense of pull in

as in contained

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 arrested

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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Recent Examples of pulled in Poland pulled in $400K with Imax repping 12% from eight auditoriums. —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 June 2026 With the infield pulled in, Hall chopped the ball over first base for a two-run lead. —

CBS News, 12 June 2026 In addition, Amazon’s data centers only rely on water cooling during the hottest days of the year; the majority of the cooling is provided through air pulled in from outside. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026 After the second intermission, Andersen was pulled in favor of Brand Bussi, who made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut. —

Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026 Over the same months, companies selling tools to secure artificial intelligence pulled in 144 funding rounds and topped every other corner of the field. —

Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 Ronaldo pulled in around $230 million on the field this past season after re-upping with the franchise on a two-year deal, though his arrangement is believed to be subsidized by commercial agreements orchestrated by the club. —

Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 4 June 2026 Keeping with the old school vibe, the band pulled in old friends Joe Gittleman (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) and Matt Appleton (Reel Big Fish) to produce. —

Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026 In fairness, the ECB digital media man who interviewed McCullum is a highly respected journalist, and no punch was pulled in the questions that were asked. —

Paul Newman, New York Times, 29 May 2026

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Data centers are contained in buildings stretching as far as a football field, housing thousands of continually running machines.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2026
Crews quickly established hose lines on the roof and contained the blaze to a portion of the solar panels atop the structure, achieving knockdown in 48 minutes with no injuries reported, the Fire Department said at the time.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026