rakes up

verb

present tense third-person singular of rake up
as in owns

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rakes up
  1. owns
  2. acknowledges
  3. admits
  4. confesses
  5. unearths
  6. concedes
  7. imparts
  8. gives away
Verb
  • Andreina Martinez owns Don Tequeno, a Venezuelan restaurant along the parade route in Jamaica Plain.
    — Paul Burton, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Widely favored by environmentalists and government planners, the idea is generally opposed by real estate agents and anyone who owns a house or business at the beach.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of owns
Verb
  • More recently, the hotel received an award from Preservation Connecticut, which acknowledges those who protect and preserve historic places in the area.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Knopf humbly acknowledges Visit Orlando and Orlando Health’s role in lifting our community’s boats with a veritable tidal wave of funding, as well as the diners who participate.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of acknowledges
Verb
  • Morgan also admits feeling quite nervous to exchange vows in person, but the love of their circle and her wife-to-be calmed her.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Schrager admits one of the biggest learning moments came when the festival temporarily relocated to Brooklyn.
    — Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of admits
Verb
  • Emerald Isle, North Carolina, confesses its obvious charms—brilliant blue-green waters, a verdant maritime forest, and lush marshes—in its name.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
  • Then Armand confesses to Molloy that, actually, he’s been in love with him for decades.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Definition of confesses
Verb
  • Catherine Ostler unearths the stories of the Cahen d’Anvers sisters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • But the reunion unearths secrets, scandal and struggles amongst the group.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of unearths
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  • The lesson here – and one the NBCU-Peacock-YouTube deal concedes – is that a media company just isn’t the mountain that Mohammed goes to – the consumers are the mountain.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Once the darling of the NBA, the next heartthrob to splash on posters and commercials, the acrobatic point guard concedes he is viewed negatively.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of concedes
Verb
  • For anyone asking whether this kind of analysis—unequal parts interpretation, speculation, and evaluation—will save a worrying figure, the query imparts its own futility.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This is the property of liquid that imparts an upward force to an object against gravity’s downward pull.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
Definition of imparts
Verb
  • The wording of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 gives away the administration’s true intent.
    — Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • The condition occurs due to a slow breakdown of the cells in the aorta, which has likely been going on silently for many years before the weakened area of the aortic wall finally gives away and tears.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of gives away
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“Rakes up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rakes%20up. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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