RAKES UP Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

rakes up

verb

present tense third-person singular of rake up

as in owns

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Its parent company, Collectors, also owns rival grading brands Beckett and SGC, pricing-data platform Card Ladder, the PSA Vault and financial services.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Be specific about where things broke down, who owns the correction, and what employees can expect to see change, including from you.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of owns

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Pitts acknowledges that the existing course, starting areas and finish-line footprint may eventually need substantial changes.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
But, as Carrère acknowledges, in the wake of the Ukraine invasion the author has become an embodiment of Russian nationalism.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of acknowledges

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Reflecting on 12 years as a business — four of those with KC area locations — Harb admits that the brand has come a long way.

— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
But while the coaches may be having fun in the red chairs, the artists competing for their teams face a much more serious reality this season, and Levine admits that this new Cut Week curveball is anything but easy.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of admits

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The expedition takes unexpected turn when the quartet unearths a priceless artifact, one that should not exist.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Ween will revisit their tour in support of their classic Chocolate and Cheese in a new box set that unearths seven full gigs from the trek.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of unearths

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Indeed, Laster’s 142-page opinion concedes the legitimacy of SB 21 and its applicability to this case.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Fielder is not conventionally attractive, concedes Breca, a 26-year-old bisexual man in Pennsylvania, but the filmmaker’s salt-and-pepper hair and stubble did something for Breca nonetheless.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of concedes

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The eighteen-meter-tall brick curve that encases the altar has a tremendous body, nearly ominous in its presence, that imparts an intuitive understanding—even amid the doubt—that what provides shelter necessarily does so through strength.

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
This imparts a drag on the star—imagine spinning around on your heels while holding an open trash bag; the bag will act like a parachute, slowing you.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

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