scrapes (up or together)

present tense third-person singular of scrape (up or together)
as in earns
to get with great difficulty we're barely scraping together a living on the farm

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earns
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  • For a system that increasingly decides who earns billions in market access, that is a strange thing to leave unwritten.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • No one earns their degree alone.
    Albert D. Mosley, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
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“Scrapes (up or together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrapes%20%28up%20or%20together%29. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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