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
For Robbie Pfeffer of Playboy Manbaby, there’s more to putting on a music festival than rounding up a bunch of bands.
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Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Kawaljeet Singh, a police officer and member of a specialist unit tasked with rounding up immigrants illegally in India from Bangladesh, confirmed that 40 members of the Rohingya community were deported to Myanmar on May 6.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
But that didn’t stop him from rounding up a group of 25 or 30 friends from their hometown in Jalisco, Mexico.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
If Homelander's takeover of the United States government and rounding up of his chief dissenters took place around Inauguration Day in January, Godolkin University's fall semester kicks off around the end of August.
—EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At the neighboring home deputies saw a man and woman, the owners of the dogs involved in the attack, rounding up the animals to put them down.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
Despite evacuations for humans, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund reassures the public that rounding up the herd isn’t needed or safe—the horses are already storm-savvy.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Our Top Picks for the Best Vacuum Sales Instead of rounding up your broom and mop to tackle messes, shop vacs that give you the best of both worlds.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Kawaljeet Singh, a police officer and member of a specialist unit tasked with rounding up immigrants illegally in India from Bangladesh, confirmed that 40 members of the Rohingya community were deported to Myanmar on May 6.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
But that didn’t stop him from rounding up a group of 25 or 30 friends from their hometown in Jalisco, Mexico.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
If Homelander's takeover of the United States government and rounding up of his chief dissenters took place around Inauguration Day in January, Godolkin University's fall semester kicks off around the end of August.
—EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At the neighboring home deputies saw a man and woman, the owners of the dogs involved in the attack, rounding up the animals to put them down.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
Despite evacuations for humans, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund reassures the public that rounding up the herd isn’t needed or safe—the horses are already storm-savvy.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Our Top Picks for the Best Vacuum Sales Instead of rounding up your broom and mop to tackle messes, shop vacs that give you the best of both worlds.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding up
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Soon, the show introduces the Guinness family enforcer Sean Rafferty, a steely and strong-jawed James Norton, who’s assembling his men to tamp down on the protestors.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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As the time went by, viewers saw the couple — who tied the knot in 2018 — getting ultrasounds, assembling various baby toys and setting up their nursery, which McCreery told PEOPLE was Winnie the Pooh-themed.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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The initial financial crimes investigation that led to the discovery of the bodies found that Kraus had been collecting his parents’ social security benefits and using the funds for his own personal use, according to police.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Crime Scene Search and MEDIC were also involved in processing the scene and collecting evidence, according to CMPD's press release.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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So after gathering all the adults who had tried to exert influence over the hybrids in a holding cell, Wendy laid down the new laws of the land while her Xenomorph and its chestburster youngling watched menacingly on.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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About half of Constellation’s US customers are Hispanic, and some have stopped going out to restaurants and gathering in large groups out of fear of being swept up in deportations, CEO Bill Newlands previously said.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Your sightings also become part of the scientific record for Indy's urban birds, amassing data that where researchers can use for years to come.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
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Trump has been proclaiming for years that his political opponents should be locked up, but there is a gulf between loudly alleging criminal behavior and amassing the evidence necessary to prove the elements of an actual crime.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
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To cope, Chinese companies have turned more to grouping large numbers of less efficient, often homegrown, chips together to achieve similar computing capabilities.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Create a neutral fall display by grouping elegant white and pale-orange pumpkins.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Central had two players that had 20 or more carries with Martin picking up 129 yards on 22 carries and Taylor with 75 yards on 23 totes.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Sep. 2025
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Everton are picking up the pieces after a decade of turmoil.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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The seventh selection from the 2019 draft was supposed to be a literal centrepiece for a Sabres team that spent years accumulating talent through the draft, having drafted Rasmus Dahlin first in 2018 and still having top picks Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart on their roster.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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If many trees surround your pond, consider buying a domed net that goes over the water to keep leaves from accumulating on the surface.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Rounding up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounding%20up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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