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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 The 2003 one centered on Wahlberg as Charlie Croker, a master thief who sets out on a revenge mission that involves rounding up his motley team to track down a cache of gold. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 The repeat rebookings stem from the fact that the federal government often doesn’t have enough detention space to jail all the immigrants whom ICE and its cooperating local authorities are rounding up. — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026 In honor of the legendary actress-musician, PEOPLE is rounding up the most memorable theatrical films featuring Parton’s singular presence. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 Collins thanked the Porter County Emergency Management Agency for rounding up five generators that helped keep lift stations operating. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding up
  1. assembling
  2. collecting
  3. gathering
  4. amassing
  5. grouping
  6. picking up
  7. accumulating
Verb
  • The second pillar allows the main shipyards to focus on assembling submarines, installing equipment and carrying out final tests.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • While the second batch of tortillas is in the oven, start assembling the tacos.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • The agreement bucks the utility’s typical process of building, operating and sometimes improving power plants and other infrastructure, such as transmission lines, and then collecting that money from customers in their monthly electricity bills.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The sensors work by collecting large amounts of temperature data in real time.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • An early fall nor’easter is gathering strength along the central East Coast, pounding beaches in several states with heavy surf and threatening to bring coastal flooding, wind and rain to parts of the Northeast through the weekend.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Davis looked to the 1920s for the collection, drawing on artist Charles Demuth’s depictions of sailors, dockworkers and flappers gathering in speakeasies.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • The sophomore slot receiver from Austin came into the game fresh off the second 100-yard outing of his college career and now has three in his past five games after amassing 164 on Saturday.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The video quickly went viral, amassing more than 1 million views and thousands of comments from viewers fascinated by her unconventional childhood.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of amassing
Verb
  • In 2023, Canali debuted Care, an umbrella program grouping all the brand’s eco- and responsibility-minded initiatives.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Williams kept the respective songs from each album close together, grouping them in three- and four-track clusters.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of grouping
Verb
  • The Yankees may be down a few sluggers entering the postseason, however, they certainly are equipped with a player capable of picking up some of the slack.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Now the former child phenom is accused of picking up a permanent marker and scrawling antisemitic graffiti on Southern California homes, according to authorities.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of picking up
Verb
  • The alternation of the two types of sediments suggests that debris from the broken walls was sliding down while pyroclastic material was still accumulating.
    — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
  • There is a difference between collecting with intention and accumulating for access.
    — Anna Vladimirova, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of accumulating

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“Rounding up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounding%20up. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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