raking up

present participle of rake up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for raking up
Verb
  • Team Sales The economics of owning an NBA team have evolved significantly over the past 15 years, thanks to multiple rounds of more owner-friendly collective bargaining agreements and revenue growth via media, sponsorships and ticketing.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Detectives opened an investigation, identified the suspect and discovered he was barred from owning guns, Shih said.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Insisting that literature serve an explicit and direct politics seems like giving away the very real politics literature has.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Kiwanis Club of Poway got involved in the safety event last month, giving away helmets to children who didn’t have them at the event.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nas continued, acknowledging the prestige of an event like the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
  • At a reunion special, Conner read a heartfelt letter acknowledging his past and emphasizing the possibility of healing, bringing both himself and Whitney to tears.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Raking up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raking%20up. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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