rounds up

verb

present tense third-person singular of round up
as in assembles
to bring together in one body or place rounded everyone up for one final training session

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Recent Examples of rounds up InStyle rounds up 20 autumnal manicures for the month, including neutral designs, bold prints, and more. — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 21 Oct. 2026 Below, Vogue rounds up 47 favorite cult horror movies, ranging from the very new to a few select tried and tested (and especially chic) classics. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026 Related Articles Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Book From art book publisher, Taschen, the two-volume catalog rounds up many of the Lucas Museum’s most important pieces, from paintings and illustrations, to comics, photography and cinematic archives. — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026 Today’s newsletter rounds up stories about how relationships of all kinds can influence your personality. — Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026 That rounds up robot lawnmowers, sidewalk delivery robots, many warehouse automation machines—and even Roombas. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026 Additional conflicts may arise in jurisdictions that prohibit cash customers from paying more than customers using other payment methods, a rule symmetric rounding can violate when a cash total rounds up. — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Vulture podcast critic Nicholas Quah rounds up the year’s best and most interesting podcasts, with an eye toward illustrating broader shifts in the new-media landscape. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounds up
  1. assembles
  2. collects
  3. gathers
  4. groups
  5. amasses
  6. accumulates
  7. corrals
  8. garners
Verb
  • As this pretty, chocolate-box parlor assembles itself magically around him, Irwin takes his place in a big leather chair.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Silfab is a Canadian company that manufactures and assembles solar panels.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembles
Verb
  • The list below collects the books, movies, and tracks that inspired the spring 2027 collections.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Each year the division collects about $2 million for Denver workers who didn't get paid appropriately.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of collects
Verb
  • The new book also gathers behind-the-scenes photos from the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, which returned to theaters for a limited engagement in 2023.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Atlas Workshops is one prong of Marrakech’s Atlas Programs banner, which gathers the professional initiatives of the Marrakech International Film Festival.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathers
Verb
  • The show loosely groups Ponti’s furniture according to different time periods.
    — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The outlet groups the service under cosmetic tattooing, sometimes marketed as semi-permanent makeup.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of groups
Verb
  • That $550 billion target is over twice what Alphabet amasses today.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Speakers noted the Republican nominee's oil and gas investments as the energy sector amasses profits while the Iran war drives up fuel costs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of amasses
Verb
  • Detritus accumulates like a wake behind a songwriter because songwriters are loath to continue to try to promote a piece of material that has any disappointment attached to it.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Domoic acid accumulates in marine creatures from an algae called pseudo-nitzschia.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of accumulates
Verb
  • But the more underrated value lies in the harness that corrals that intelligence to achieve specific business outcomes.
    — Don Schuerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
Definition of corrals
Verb
  • Defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman’s unit has stepped up when needed, and all while the offense garners most of the headlines.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • All the while, #witchtok garners millions of posts, and there’s no shortage of flash sales for love spells – or curses.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of garners

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