as in increasing
to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number
ticket sales are expected to roll up as the date of the concert nears
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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.
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Renana Ashkenazi,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Sometimes, that means rolling up her sleeves with the best of them.
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Bianca Betancourt,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
Like, all the ad dollars are now rolling up into social media.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2026
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
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But the increasing tanker traffic is an encouraging step toward normalization of global oil flows.
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Hulls said the fund allows property owners to support local businesses without dramatically increasing rents as market conditions change.
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The camp is open to rising high school juniors and seniors, and most of the attendees were from Lake and Porter counties.
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By Saturday the official death toll had climbed past 1,400, with thousands injured and tens of thousands reported missing—figures the authorities acknowledged were still rising.
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Rough weather rolled over the Colorado community of Evergreen on Wednesday night, swelling Bear Creek and tributaries and tossing debris and mud into homes and downtown.
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Symptoms can be mild to severe and range from nausea, itching, abdominal pain, swelling of the lips to life-threatening symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.
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Starting in the late 1950s and accelerating in the 1970s, several states enacted laws that required a date label on certain foods.
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The right question to ask early on is whether the rate of experimentation and the surfacing of new use cases are accelerating month over month.
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From Sunday school to public school In recent years, Texas leaders have broadly eliminated studies of racial and cultural diversity while expanding the schools’ abilities to introduce Christianity to students.
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The company is also expanding its Customer Acceleration Program, which allows enterprises to evaluate humanoid robots and prepare for large-scale deployment.
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“Rolling up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rolling%20up. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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