rolling up

present participle of roll up

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Recent Examples of rolling up Private equity has been rolling up local HVAC, plumbing and electrical businesses, stitching together fragmented operators into regional platforms. Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Sometimes, that means rolling up her sleeves with the best of them. Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 Like, all the ad dollars are now rolling up into social media. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026 Doing so, officials say, helps protect not only those rolling up their sleeves but those who cannot get vaccinated, such as the very youngest children. Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Hospitals like Children’s Mercy, one of only 28 stand-alone children’s hospitals in the country, are increasingly rolling up pediatric care over wider geographic regions. Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026 The San Antonio Spurs made quite the fashion statement on Sunday, April 19, when arriving to Game 1 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers, rolling up to their home Frost Bank Center in matching suits for the eventual 111-98 win. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026 The company is a portfolio holding of Osceola Capital, a private equity firm based in Tampa that specializes in taking a platform company and acquiring or rolling up smaller competitors. Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026 As Connecticut has been rolling up budget surpluses since Lamont took office in 2019, some lawmakers say the state needs to release money that has been building up through the years. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rolling up
Verb
  • Too fearful of discrimination to go to hospitals for antiretroviral drugs, many transgender people have stopped taking them — significantly increasing their risk of transmission.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • OpenAI disclosed the incident in a blog post on Tuesday, a stunning announcement that is certain to set off alarm bells across the industry about the increasing power of AI models and the risk of them going rogue.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • The country’s economic momentum has been accompanied by rising foreign direct investment.
    Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
  • The announcement comes as the United States accelerates investment in advanced nuclear energy to meet rising electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, advanced manufacturing and other energy-intensive industries.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • If cancer has spread to nearby tissues or organs, other signs may include difficulty or pain with peeing, loss of appetite and weight, dull backache or swelling in your legs, pelvic and abdominal pain, diarrhea and fatigue.
    Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • That way, the treatment will have settled into your skin, while still giving a little bit of time to heal in the event that swelling or bruising occurs.
    Rio Viera-Newton, Vogue, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Surging tensions across the Middle East strangled shipping traffic, driving energy prices higher and raising the specter of accelerating inflation worldwide.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
  • There is plenty of performance available, particularly when accelerating from 30 to 70mph.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • The stores may keep expanding, franchisees may continue earning attractive returns, and debt may come down faster than expected.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The adviser told me that, even without drastically expanding the budget or upending the financial markets, Burnham could borrow a bit more to finance public-infrastructure investments and channel money to depressed regions.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

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“Rolling up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rolling%20up. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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