racks up

present tense third-person singular of rack up
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as in scores
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 racks up And hey, if this movie racks up the views, perhaps the next tale will make it to theaters, with bigger co-stars to boot. — Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026 As Pratt’s campaign racks up viral attention and climbs in visibility, some figures in Los Angeles’s entertainment and donor circles appear increasingly comfortable treating his candidacy like a legitimate political and cultural force. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 13 May 2026 Leon Thomas racks up nominations across the board. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025 If an individual racks up too many points in a certain timeframe, their license can be suspended. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 The team that racks up 13 points is declared the champion. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
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  • The portal sets those weights itself and scores factories against their peers.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Tim Cahill scores the fastest goal in MLS history, and the New York Red Bulls beat the Houston Dynamo 3-0.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • Both parties expect whoever wins in November to do so by a tight margin in a state of 738,000 people.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Ultimately, whoever wins the World Series will merely be setting the stage for an offseason that could have massive ramifications for the sport.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • And while tax law partially achieves his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, the reality is a little more complicated.
    — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The jacket achieves weather-resistant performance through a unique process where Hermin Textiin weaves ultra-fine lyocell yarns into a dense ripstop, then compacts it with heat.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • At the heart of Fee’s heroic narratives is the idea of a self that attains purity.
    — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
  • During its orbit, S301 attains speeds more than 100,000 times faster than a commercial airliner—over eight percent the speed of light.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Whether lawmakers accept those limits will help determine how much authority the federal government gains over advanced AI systems.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That tension was the start point for Second Nature, a theme that frames denim as a living material that changes, evolves and gains character through time, touch and wear.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • But that makes the philanthropic imperative towards the people who live there all the more urgent.
    — David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Some trips call for an outfit that feels a little more special than your usual jeans-and-sweater combination, and this matching set makes that easy.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026

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“Racks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racks%20up. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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