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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racks up
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  • As Petal begins a slow descent in the United Kingdom, Grande scores another bestselling album – one inextricably tied to her latest full-length.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Tyree Howard scores his second touchdown of the night, a 7-yard run after picking up 8 yards.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • An American man — Ben Shelton; Taylor Fritz; Frances Tiafoe — wins a first Grand Slam men’s singles title for the host country since 2003!
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Many Dolfans as well have literally grown up with this playoff wins drought the norm — raised by losing.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In our experience, if a story achieves longevity, the numbers and the recognition tend to follow on their own.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Notably, the electrode achieves maximum storage efficiency without overcrowding by first packing the larger zinc ions and following with the smaller protons.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • 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
  • By the end of the novel, Sun Wukong attains Buddhahood.
    Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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  • Stripe gains a live and unusually broad view of which models OpenRouter customers choose and how those workloads shift week to week.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Luis takes him under his wing at the New York City hospital to learn life-saving techniques as the teen gains an interest in the medical field.
    Kirsten Acuna, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • The victory Sunday makes Orlando just the second club in NWSL history to win four consecutive regular-season road matches against the Spirit.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • For context, the Heat — in their history — have had a player makes 200 3s in a single year only seven times.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Racks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racks%20up. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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