racked up

past tense of rack up
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as in scored
to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal

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Recent Examples of racked up Videos promoting the 30-30-30 metabolism protocol have racked up nearly 50 million views, and mainstream health outlets are weighing in on whether the viral morning routine actually delivers. Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The senior receiver had racked up 72 catches for 917 yards receiving and six touchdowns in the 11 games before the injury. Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 Barnett racked up 1,450 all-purpose yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior. Pj Green august 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026 One of those key players who’s getting back to full health is forward Michee Ngalina, who racked up eight goals and five assists two seasons ago but hasn’t scored yet in just 10 starts this season. Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2026 Divine has already racked up around 100,000 users, Rabble said. Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 Since then, the group has racked up two new champions every year – almost every year, that is. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 The champions are expected to have racked up English record revenues last season but were also the division’s biggest net spenders a year ago, at £268million. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Commentary and opinion Xavier Becerra won’t deliver the home runs — or strikeouts — racked up by Newsom and Schwarzenegger, columnist George Skelton argues. Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Diaz tacked on an RBI single in the ninth off rookie Bradley Hanner as the Astros scored six runs against New York's bullpen.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • While Chuba Hubbard strained his hamstring, Brooks stayed healthy and scored his first touchdown as a pro last week at Jacksonville.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • While 56% of retail leaders are confident that agentic AI initiatives will deliver quantifiable outcomes within the next 12 months, only 17% say their organization has achieved widespread, sustained business value across the enterprise.
    Jill Standish, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Beijing aims to transform the region into a high-altitude green energy powerhouse, with projects that include a $168 billion megadam, currently under construction, that could stretch the limits of what human engineering has achieved.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
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  • Antioch’s defensive line — senior Willie Hamilton and Harrison Victor and junior Camryn Mowery — won the trenches the rest of the way.
    Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The project won the top prize at Guangxi’s provincial science and technology awards on August 24.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • After the Philippines attained independence, in 1946, with the country’s economy constricted from more than three centuries of colonization, a diaspora spread around the world.
    Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • When glamour replaced natural as the look of choice, hair—and its power to call attention, decorate, and define—gained new potency.
    Vanessa Friedman, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In Waters, the project has gained a prominent activist and supporter of Palestinian liberation.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • In the lawsuit, investors alleged they were led to believe that a groundbreaking Wondermind app would be made, advertising deals would be struck, and celebrity cover stories were already underway.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Clinker is a dark gray, pebble-sized material made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln to about 2,642 degrees Fahrenheit (1,450 degrees Celsius).
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Racked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racked%20up. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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