ROUNDED UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

rounded up

verb

past tense of round up

as in collected

to bring together in one body or place rounded everyone up for one final training session

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Recent Examples of rounded up In August, a judge awarded around $73,000 to one law firm and just under $14,000 to another after lawyers successfully challenged the detention of some of the immigrants rounded up that October day. — Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2026 As the movie enters theaters, THR has rounded up what critics are saying, below. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 For motorists with electric vehicles, the average kilowatt hour cost at charging stations in Florida on Sunday rounded up to 41 cents, a rate mostly unchanged since early March. — News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026 In the 1930s, the Nazi government used a variety of forms of public data including tax returns and census records to help identify Jews who would be rounded up and sent to concentration camps where millions were killed. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Philip and Chyna rounded up dozens of official watch party spots across the city — 📖 Check out the full guide here for every school that CharlotteFive’s Heidi Finley and team found. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026 The images that sparked her into action – ICE’s rough treatment of people of color being rounded up, former DHS chief Kristi Noem posing in front of shirtless men in a Salvadoran prison – hit close to home. — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 Netflix has once again rounded up a slate of high-profile actors for an original feature film, one that has, unsurprisingly, hit #1 on the service immediately. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 At a village not far from the nullah where the tigers were, a crew of about 100 beaters was rounded up. — Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

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Kristin, a cool, calm, and collected crisis negotiator from the purple tribe, negotiates with Kilby, a game designer from Canada on the yellow tribe.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Moving through the world with a little more intention and feeling a little more collected.

— Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of collected

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Dolce’s cool, reductive architectural sense, with its airy vistas and great open spaces inside and out (perfect for their energetic Labradors, Lola and her son, Dali), is cluttered with the eclectic bounty that Gabbana has assembled over the years.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
The masa must then be mixed with fat, broth and salt and aerated to achieve the right consistency before the tamales can be assembled, carefully wrapped and cooked.

— Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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Hours after the tragedy occurred, dozens of community members and teenagers gathered in Manhattan’s East Village at the intersection of East 14th Street and First Avenue to pay tribute to Serkov.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gathered

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The system is a maze in which laws collide with gray areas, where layers upon layers of policy have accumulated over decades in a pile waiting for reform that has never come.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Its fleet includes the MANTAS X-Class and Devil Ray Expeditionary Class platforms, which MARTAC says have accumulated thousands of operating hours across a range of conditions.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of accumulated

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For the occasion Rossi, who launched his brand after years of studying shoemaking under his footwear-guru father Sergio, has retraced the trajectory of his creative process and grouped his designs in a photographic tome published by Rizzoli.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Kardaris grouped ibogaine with other psychedelic or psychoactive substances that have drawn public interest.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of grouped

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The circumstances surrounding Wells' death garnered national interest after the college football player went missing on the 4th of July after going on a boat trip with friends to Horn Island.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
In 2025 alone, Vanity Fair’s video series—including Lie Detector, Scene Selection and Expert Reviews—garnered over 830M global views across the magazine’s YouTube and social channels.

— Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

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