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 President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had turned what was once the world’s deadliest country into one of its safest, largely by rounding up tens of thousands of young men and sentencing them to prison in mass trials. — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Now Trump’s folks are rounding up and deporting people who were jailed in their home country for the sin of defending democracy. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Paramount’s Heart of the Beast is rounding up around $11 million in its second weekend for a cume of roughly $38 million. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026 Our expert team here at PCMag has been busy rounding up all the best early Prime Day markdowns already available, including laptops, headphones, robot vacuums, and more. — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 30 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 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

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The competition was put on hold because of the difficulty of assembling an international jury.

— Jenny S. Li, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
The opportunity here is to give qualified people more time to review the work and make sound decisions, with less effort spent assembling the information behind those decisions.

— Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembling

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While gathering material in southern Ukraine, Carrère travels with a group of Ukrainian soldiers, one of whom, a brooding young man named Serhiy, reminds him of a character from a Dostoyevsky novel.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
The spacecraft eventually dropped down to just 171 miles (275 kilometers) above the planet, and the observatory officially stopped gathering scientific data.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of gathering

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Drying towels on their own rather than grouping them with other laundry items eliminates this issue.

— Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of grouping

Verb

Critiques of power To put it bluntly, many Black South Africans are not picking up what the DA is putting down.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Nov. 2026
Byfield beat goalie Samuel Ersson with a snap shot from the high slot, with Drew Doughty picking up his third assist of the night on the play.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of picking up

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The interest accumulating on that debt also poses a major challenge at a time when the government wants to boost defense spending.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Audio captures moments before Learjet crash Minutes before the crash, the pilot of the plane reported ice accumulating on the aircraft, an outside air temperature of -47 degrees Celsius, and moderate turbulence.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of accumulating

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