scraping (together)

present participle of scrape (together)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraping (together)
Verb
  • Kawaljeet Singh, a police officer and member of a specialist unit tasked with rounding up immigrants illegally in India from Bangladesh, confirmed that 40 members of the Rohingya community were deported to Myanmar on May 6.
    Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But that didn’t stop him from rounding up a group of 25 or 30 friends from their hometown in Jalisco, Mexico.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When this happens for a car attacking on a corner’s outside, the driver on the inside can run their rival fully out wide without picking up a penalty.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • None are 100% at picking up cognitive issues.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Buying Hollywood In recent years, Ellison has been on a tear acquiring Hollywood studios.
    Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • What To Know Talk of Indonesia acquiring an aircraft carrier surfaced in February, when Navy Chief Admiral Muhammad Ali floated the idea publicly.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With seven minutes left, the hosts had run for 200 yards while killing the clock and salting away a 19-point lead.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Scraping (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%20%28together%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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