rounded up

past tense of round up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rounded up Totals ending in three, four, eight or nine may be rounded up. Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Evan rounded up the spiciest dishes in Charlotte — and two of them come with an actual waiver. Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 The Bee rounded up Sacramento’s 10 most distinctive burgers, from Gami Burger’s customizable Asian-fusion smash burger to Historic Star Lounge’s dry-aged Flannery Beef burger inspired by New York’s Minetta Tavern. Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026 Once the players peeled themselves off the grass after the final whistle, Mauricio Pochettino rounded up the team on the field for one more speech, imploring the group to continue believing in the future. Tom Bogert, New York Times, 15 July 2026 Here, our editors have rounded up seven things that good Southern hosts always have on hand for unexpected guests. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026 After October 7th, thousands were rounded up, bused to Ramallah, and dispersed across West Bank cities. Nirit Peled, New Yorker, 26 June 2026 As part of the proposal, prices would be rounded up to the nearest whole dollar, and the price of a regional monthly pass would go up $10 to $165. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026 Big Shoulders, to whom the Dean & Barbara White Foundation brought the project, rounded up 50 Andrean High School students to help, said Dan Kozlowski, the fund’s Northwest Indiana executive director. Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounded up
Verb
  • William Bethel, 28, and Justin Booth, 23, have 40 guilty pleas combined because of evidence collected at Three Creeks Metro Park where hunting is not allowed.
    Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The test subjects were collected in Stockton, and a local marina there will be the first site to test zequanox on golden mussels in the wild this fall.
    Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • These immortal beings assembled various groups (including the Green Lantern Corps) in an effort to bring about order and peace.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In front of the most Hall of Famers assembled for a game since 2008, Schwarber put on a legendary performance of his own.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As the court met Monday on Yabloko’s appeal, the party’s supporters gathered outside the courthouse and Russian media reported that several dozen people were detained.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • People gathered at Downtown Park in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Monday night to mourn the deaths of 7-year-old Evie Brown, Kristen Brown and Alice Brown.
    Ashley Grams, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The state has also taken corrective action on debt and paid down $10 billion in long standing pension debt, which had accumulated for several decades dating back to the 1940’s.
    Kevin McNabola, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The lessons learned and knowledge accumulated by your scientists and engineers are valuable human capital that no one else has.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Many of the films are grouped according to a theme—sci-fi, documentary, fantasy—but much of the broadcast is contextless.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But the part to focus on is the State Street SPDR S & P 500 ETF Trust’s (SPY) roughly 13% year-to-date gain surrounded by the other nine sectors that are more closely grouped around the benchmark S & P 500.
    Todd Gordon, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Roman Karkosik, an entrepreneur whose ventures included plastic-bottle manufacturing in the 1990s, amassed a fortune through investments on the Warsaw Stock Exchange to became one of Poland’s wealthiest individuals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • As of July, Hochul’s political operation has amassed a war chest that is nine times as large as Blakeman’s.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • People who became influencers and hadn’t had a lot of training or exposure to beauty suddenly garnered a lot of attention.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Another question that has arisen as Walter’s financial troubles have garnered headlines is whether MLB would conduct its own investigation into Dodgers ownership or pressure the billionaire and his partners to sell the team.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Rounded up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounded%20up. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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