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 The latter is rounded up, meaning, for example, a £7m Red Threshold breach would incur an eight-point deduction (six points fixed, plus two for the size of the breach). — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 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 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

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An ill wind blows around infant stars The team conducted its research using data collected by the JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The cell lines from the cultures developed in the 1960s are still growing, which means new tissue won't need to be collected, according the AAP.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of collected

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The International Association of Assessing Officers has assembled a task force to study the issue.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
The platform offers a window into how earning a living can increasingly be assembled from different sources rather than tied entirely to one employer.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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An Israeli military source told CNN the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had gathered intelligence on Turkey’s plans to deploy personnel, drones and air-defense systems at the site.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The 33% approval the president gathered also tied his worst approval rating during his first term in office.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of gathered

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Directed by Na Hong-Jin and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, the alien-encounter feature has accumulated $35 million from 4,518,395 admissions.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
Bregman has accumulated more than 5,000 at-bats across his major-league career, and none of those moments happened during a rebuilding period.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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Wedbush's Reese noted that Imax is grouped in with the theatrical exhibition space, which is traditionally a slow-growth, dividend-paying business.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The Governors no longer are grouped with Class 5A sectional nemesis Merrillville, which has ended each of their past three seasons.

— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of grouped

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Her account, @dramafreediaries on TikTok and Instagram, has amassed 100 million views and 500,000 followers across several social media platforms since her first post in January.

— Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The Oscar winner joined Instagram in April and has since amassed 6 million followers.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of amassed

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In the latest survey from the University of New Hampshire, Manzur garnered 34% to Pappas’s 47%.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026
Her cycle of resurrections, the highs and lows, didn’t seem to change her much over the years, even as the highs garnered her over half a billion dollars.

— Shima Oliaee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

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