as in assembling
to bring together in one body or place
rounded everyone up for one final training session
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Recent Examples of rounding up
Yes, those officials said, federal agents will be on hand at the venues, but, no, ICE won’t be rounding up soccer fans.
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Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Restaurants close all the time around here, so much so that rounding up these closings is a regular feature in the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
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Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
For the Hulls and their neighbors, the work continues — rounding up cattle, repairing what can be saved and relying on a community that showed up without being asked.
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Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
Steves also recommends skipping tips at casual counter service spots, rounding up taxi fares and giving small tips to guides and hotel staff.
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Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2026
Yet another new study about the eating practice seeks to put doubts to rest after rounding up data from 22 randomized clinical trials.
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New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2026
Desta said that the Minsk police were going from apartment to apartment, rounding up migrants who had failed to cross and sending some to detention facilities to await deportation; others have been sent to the Russian border and conscripted into the Army, to fight in Ukraine.
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Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
California cities can now charge businesses for the hassle of rounding up their carts.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
Many retailers are just rounding up or down to the nearest 0- or 5-cent mark in their prices to make change.
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Erika Tulfo,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Restaurants close all the time around here, so much so that rounding up these closings is a regular feature in the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
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Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
For the Hulls and their neighbors, the work continues — rounding up cattle, repairing what can be saved and relying on a community that showed up without being asked.
—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
Steves also recommends skipping tips at casual counter service spots, rounding up taxi fares and giving small tips to guides and hotel staff.
—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2026
Yet another new study about the eating practice seeks to put doubts to rest after rounding up data from 22 randomized clinical trials.
—
New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2026
Desta said that the Minsk police were going from apartment to apartment, rounding up migrants who had failed to cross and sending some to detention facilities to await deportation; others have been sent to the Russian border and conscripted into the Army, to fight in Ukraine.
—
Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
California cities can now charge businesses for the hassle of rounding up their carts.
—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
Many retailers are just rounding up or down to the nearest 0- or 5-cent mark in their prices to make change.
—
Erika Tulfo,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding up
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Once that hurdle is cleared, Vertical Aerospace will begin assembling its first pre-production aircraft.
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Sourcing materials and assembling battery packs near Elysian’s operational facilities is intended to shorten international shipping distances.
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Just ask older women collecting Social Security.
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Police released multiple images of the bust, showing the drugs concealed in large containers as well as officers collecting evidence and detaining a suspect.
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The intuitive Moon in your 10th House of Career and Status squares information-gathering Mercury in your 7th House of Partnership, pulling leadership choices into relational focus.
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Similar storm-clouds are now gathering around Sánchez, a canny politician known for outwitting his opponents.
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Third, amassing 46,000-plus five-star ratings is astounding, especially when many extol how long the ILNP nail polishes last.
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Students went on to found the Club America chapter, which quickly became one of the most popular groups at the school, amassing forty or fifty members.
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Unlike standalone projects developed individually, Lightshift is grouping the installations into a larger portfolio.
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The Batch Zero framework aims to speed up the study process by grouping qualified projects of at least 75 MW into one study so ERCOT can assess demand, allocate grid capacity and identify transmission upgrades.
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Reese looked cooked after picking up four quick fouls in the first half, spending way too much time riding the pine.
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Folks shivering in the freezing cold to deliver our packages, picking up trash to keep our parks clean.
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Less than 60 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, stress has been accumulating for more than a century along the southern San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems.
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The infrastructure gap, however, is already accumulating.
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“Rounding up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounding%20up. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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