rounding up

Definition of rounding upnext
present participle of round up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rounding up 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 Across the Twin Cities, federal immigration enforcement operations have turned businesses into sites of confrontation — with agents in store parking lots rounding up day laborers, armed raids on restaurants and work authorization inspections conducted in tactical gear. Alessandro Piazza, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026 While tens of millions of Americans do support shutting down and securing our borders while rounding up dangerous criminals who have entered our nation illegally, many are also deeply troubled to see moms and dads being pulled out of a Home Depot or a Walmart in sight of their crying children. Douglas MacKinnon, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026 In some cases, rounding up would mean cash-paying customers would pay more, if just by a few cents. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026 The death and conflicting accounts have intensified scrutiny into the conditions of immigration jails at a time when the government has been rounding up immigrants in large numbers around the country and detaining them at facilities like the one in El Paso where Lunas Campos died. Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026 Police soon arrive, rounding up Rocky and his friends and pushing them into a squad car, as the camera focuses on his bruised, speaking eye. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2026 As for the other contestants, your guess is as good as ours, but maybe there's some hidden clues in the costumes, which Entertainment Weekly is rounding up all together in one place, below. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026 Multiple videos shared online over the past three days show RSF fighters rounding up and killing large numbers of unarmed people. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding up
Verb
  • Helion is not yet assembling the fusion reactor, which requires additional engineering and design fine-tuning.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Or, to put it another way, LightBar is assembling bounty hunters to track down misuse of Hollywood IP.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Google is accused of collecting cellular data from Android users that the company allegedly purchased from mobile carriers.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Local police issued an autopsy order to determine the cause of death and started collecting security camera footage and testimony from hotel staff, according to reports.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Starring Zo In-sung and Park Jeong-min, the film – named after the intelligence-gathering term for human sources – follows a clash between North and South Korean agents in Vladivostok.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Glaciologist Helen Fricker also will be studying land and vegetation masses, gathering data that can be broadly used to assess the nature and health of some of the most isolated spots on Earth.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Focus on Sport / Getty Images Moe coached the Nuggets from 1980 to 1990, amassing 432 wins.
    Eric Christensen, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • His stand-up has gone viral on social media, amassing over 900 million views across all platforms.
    Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Last year Haworth Lifestyle revealed reorganization plans, grouping companies under its umbrella into divisions.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Turquoise Health assembles price data by grouping codes for services together using machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence.
    Darius Tahir, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Age is also key here — the Bulls wouldn’t help themselves by picking up a big who’s already in his late 20s, aging him out of the current plan focused around 21-year-old Matas Buzelis.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Shoppers are picking up essentials early, aiming to avoid last-minute trips if roads become unsafe.
    Nicole Nielsen, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Be cautious of ice accumulating on power lines or tree branches, which can lead to snapping and falling hazards.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Deep clean your shower once a week to keep residue and mold from accumulating, making sure to clean your shower drain and shampoo and conditioner bottles.
    Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 7 Feb. 2026

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

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