ROUNDING UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

rounding up

verb

present participle of round up

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 Scammers often pretend to be lawyers offering ways to avoid in-person court hearings, taking advantage of anxieties among even lawful residents after ICE officers began rounding up people during immigration proceedings. — Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 16 July 2026 In other environment news Federal officials are rounding up and relocating 450 wild horses in the Inyo National Forest, near Mono Lake. — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The money comes from a $250 million trust fund set up by the Legislature to help cover the expenses incurred by law enforcement agencies working to meet a new state mandate to assist the federal government in rounding up and deporting immigrants. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 The normally prickly and unsympathetic Harriet Oleson (Katherine MacGregor) switches gears into hero mode, rounding up the town's men to scour the countryside for the children who've become trapped. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026 Yes, those officials said, federal agents will be on hand at the venues, but, no, ICE won’t be rounding up soccer fans. — 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. — 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

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The project will add domestic capacity for assembling, integrating, and testing Wärtsilä engines used for ship propulsion and auxiliary power.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Nvidia is assembling a $500 billion pot from a who’s who of Wall Street firms which will, in turn, backstop OpenAI’s lease of a SoftBank data center in Ohio and help startups rent access to Nvidia’s chips from CoreWeave.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of assembling

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Medical providers are collecting larger shares of what patients might owe at a time when rising deductibles mean patients are owing more for care.

— Julie Appleby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
In Bogotá, Red Cross facilities were collecting aid that was being transported with support from the Colombian Aerospace Force.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

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The coalition has been canvassing the state, visiting churches, grocery stores and neighborhoods to talk to residents about the issue and gathering 3,500 signatures to present to lawmakers in hopes of inspiring legislative change.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Officers are gathering information at the scene, according to a Fort Worth Police Department spokesperson.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of gathering

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Start small by grouping items by type, discarding excess, and using storage solutions to maintain order and functionality.

— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
In their first reps of 11-on-11s, the Patriots deployed a base personnel grouping with three defensive tackles and three inside linebackers (Spillane, Elliss and Muma).

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of grouping

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Henderson sent several texts to a partner at DTLA about picking up checks for his work in Val Verde, according to messages reviewed by The Times.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Later in the second half, Olise teed up Ousmane Dembele with prodded outside-of-the-boot passes after picking up loose balls in front of the defence.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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