rounded up

past tense of round up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rounded up While there are countless scenic spots to visit this fall—Travel + Leisure has already rounded up the best spots—a few destinations stand out. Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, suspects have been rounded up locally and across state lines. FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Here, our editors have rounded up seven things that good Southern hosts always have on hand for unexpected guests. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025 Rather than waste more time, Michael Fischer, owner of Brew City Kayak, rounded up four kayaks and took to the Kinnikinnic River to search. Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 24 Aug. 2025 The court, taking up the matter on its own following alarming reports of dog attacks, including where children had been mauled to death, had ordered that all stray dogs in the capital territory be rounded up and permanently locked in shelters within eight weeks. Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025 These people are vital to the Florida economy, yet they are being rounded up like criminals. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025 Immigration agents arrested people outside the center, the site where Japanese-Americans bound for internment during World War II were rounded up. Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Everything else is generally rounded up. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounded up
Verb
  • After testing, the Missouri State Highway Patrol allege the gun matched shell casings collected during their investigation.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Palmer said the federal benefits collected will be returned to the federal government.
    Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The documentary is built around the chat with Sheen — which gives the impression of stretching across many days, based on lighting choices — but Renzi has assembled an impressive assortment of key figures from Sheen’s lives.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The data set was assembled by an independent AI developer named Shawn Presser, who wanted to give the open-source-AI community high-quality training data to compete with the big AI companies.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Young adults like all those who gathered to see Kirk on that sunny day.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Last week, a video of Hasan Piker reacting to the sight of Charlie Kirk getting shot during a discussion at Utah Valley University on Wednesday quickly accumulated millions of views.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Brunson won her first Emmy in 2022 for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series, and has accumulated 12 total nominations.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other extinct branches of the tree of life included Hawaiian honeyeater birds of the family Mohoidae and the Dinornithormes order which grouped giant flightless birds such as New Zealand’s moas.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Half of the miscellaneous productions also blew their budgets though they aren't grouped under one franchise.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Miami Dolphins offense amassed just a total of 211 yards in a catastrophic 33-8 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In the viral Office Depot video, which has amassed over four million views as of Saturday morning, a customer asks to print a poster of Kirk for a vigil honoring him on Friday evening.
    Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Vitra Fire Station’s sharp, angular concrete planes garnered international acclaim for Hadid, putting her name and architectural style on the global map.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Capitalizing on the attention track received during the Paris Games, Athlos’ event last year garnered 3 million viewers across YouTube, ESPN+, ESPN2, DAZN and X/Twitter.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Rounded up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounded%20up. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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