SCRAPED (UP OR TOGETHER) Synonyms: 14 Similar Words

scraped (up or together)

verb

past tense of scrape (up or together)

as in earned

to get with great difficulty we're barely scraping together a living on the farm

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Romero earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from California State University, Long Beach, in addition to her doctorate from UC Riverside.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Formed in 2012, Polaris broke through with 2017’s The Mortal Coil and 2020’s The Death of Me, both of which debuted in the Australian Top 10 and earned ARIA nominations for best hard rock/heavy metal album.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026

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