Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraping (together)
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For Robbie Pfeffer of Playboy Manbaby, there’s more to putting on a music festival than rounding up a bunch of bands.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025 -
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
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With the strong onshore winds picking up as the storm begins tracking north, coastal flooding will also exacerbate any flooding that occurs from heavy rainfall.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Shop like a star by picking up styles similar to those worn by Jennifer Garner, Emma Roberts, Natalie Portman, and Olivia Wilde.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Armstrong also thinks acquiring Peterka from the Buffalo Sabres gives the team a strong top two lines.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Aside from having the last two Knives Out movies, Netflix was also in business with Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s T-Street after acquiring its erotic noir Fair Play out of Sundance 2023.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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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 14 Oct. 2025.
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