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rakes (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of rake (in)
as in cashes in (on)

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  1. earns
  2. realizes
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  • Airport lounges and planes can be aggressively over-air-conditioned, so a good midweight layer earns its space quickly.
    — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Take that all together, and the 2026 Asus ProArt P16 earns an Editors' Choice award for high-end content creation laptops.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026
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  • Hopefully Pochettino realizes that Weah belongs there, on the right, where his verticality remains his best asset, rather than as a miscast left winger.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Murdoch considers a mother who finds her daughter-in-law uncouth but realizes one day that her judgment might be unfair.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Rakes (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rakes%20%28in%29. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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