PULLS IN Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

pulls in

verb

present tense third-person singular of pull in

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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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 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 Plus, the three-stage filtration system captures common airborne particles, while its 360-degree air intake efficiently pulls in and circulates air in rooms of up to 1,800 square feet. —

Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026 The device pulls in a lot of air to capture the very diluted CO2. —

Molly McCrea, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026

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It is widely accepted that a teaspoon of productive soil generally contains between 100 million and one billion bacteria, thus the name and rallying cry of the Forum.

— Louise Schiavone, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
The final film contains 82 minutes of score.

— Jon Burlingame, Variety, 14 June 2026