pulls in

verb

present tense third-person singular of pull in
1
as in contains
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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2
as in arrests
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 pulls in The note pulls in the opposite direction of the clean-laundry fragrances that dominated recent fragrance cycles. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026 His company, now headed by his grandson, still pulls in more than $250 million a year. — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 As the boat pulls in, the children clamber over the side, wading through the shallows past abandoned, submerged school buildings. — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026 Everyone in the building pulls in the same direction. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 25 May 2026 The star continuously sheds gas through strong stellar winds, and the black hole pulls in some of that material through its gravity. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026 The mix of arts, food and medical employment pulls in a wide demographic. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026 Balthazar The SoHo French brasserie remains the city’s reigning brunch institution, with oysters, fries and a happy hour that pulls in fashion power players and movie stars in equal measure. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026 Iowa State Fair — Mid-August The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines pulls in more than a million people each year and is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulls in
  1. contains
  2. arrests
  3. controls
  4. seizes
  5. keeps
  6. runs in
  7. regulates
  8. grabs
Verb
  • Ify’s box contains a fake $100 bill, but Catherine decides to keep her box.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Their saliva contains a sugar molecule found in mammalian products that, when introduced to us through their bite, can trigger an allergy to red meat and sometimes dairy.
    — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of contains
Verb
  • Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of arrests
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  • Unlike conventional infrared systems that rely on bulky mechanical components to change focus, the new design controls light electronically at the level of individual microscopic pixels.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • Government departments and businesses can keep using Amazon or Microsoft cloud infrastructure—but Valarian’s layer controls exactly what data leaves, who touches it, and when.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of controls
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  • Rhaenyra, queen of the Blacks, seizes the Iron Throne in King’s Landing with the support of Alicent, who has simply had enough of her unstable and terrible sons.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
  • Trump seizes America’s 250th-birthday spotlight, headlining the Great American State Fair, hosting a UFC bout at the White House and promoting new passports, $250 bills and coins bearing his image.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Definition of seizes
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  • For families juggling grocery bills and hectic mornings, that math is the reason Dollar Tree’s protein aisle keeps showing up on shopper roundups and social feeds.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • The room blends Italian comfort with NoDa edge, which gives it a looseness that keeps the food from feeling overly precious.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of keeps
Verb
  • The Royals scored five runs in the fifth, then added seven more in the seventh on their way to a 16-12 victory.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Sheehan at least did his job, holding the Diamondbacks to three runs in 5⅓ innings.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of runs in
Verb
  • Kalshi agrees with the federal government that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — which regulates swaps and derivatives — has the sole power to regulate prediction markets.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 July 2026
  • Asked for help Just four arson and bomb investigators work for the state fire marshal, the division that regulates fireworks.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of regulates
Verb
  • The company said its proprietary data asset grabs millions of live data points across tens of thousands of factories and suppliers.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • Objects d’art In the living room, a vintage motorcycle immediately grabs visitors’ attention.
    — Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
Definition of grabs

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