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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  • In the final moments of the game, Chad scores the game-winning touchdown, but a penalty sets them back with just two seconds left on the clock.
    Tanya Fedak, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The compilation returns to multiple rankings across the Atlantic and even scores the singer-songwriter her first leader on one tally.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • The threat of the penalties if the SEC eventually wins either the Louisiana case or the federal lawsuit temporarily won the day.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Its practice of permitting construction projects at the same time in adjoining areas, causing the most inconvenience to vehicular traffic, wins the award for most perversity.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • Vandell, as a bar, achieves the same qualities as our best ambitious, rooted restaurants.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Those systems can achieve a 50%-60% yield in the optimal particle size range, while the refractory atomizer typically achieves 10%-20% yield for high-temperature alloys, according to the press release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 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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  • Smaller engine gains Navy approval The Series 2000 completed component testing and accumulated thousands of hours of field operations before receiving approval.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • As a starting point, organizations should map where software gains meaningful execution rights.
    Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • The high degree of ship and combat automation makes the boat with its comprehensive systems and equipment easy to control in all situations.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The center makes the protection calls, and often, zone runs cut vertically toward the center.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Racks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racks%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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