round·up
ˈrau̇nd-ˌəp 
1
a(1)
: the act or process of collecting animals (such as cattle) by riding around them and driving them in
(2)
: the cowboys and ranch personnel engaged in a cattle roundup
b
: a gathering in of scattered persons or things
a roundup of all suspects
2
: a summary of information
a roundup of the news
rounded up; rounding up; rounds up
1
: to collect (animals, such as cattle) by means of a roundup
2
: to gather in or bring together from various quarters
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Examples of roundup in a Sentence
Noun
The police ordered a roundup of all the suspects.
Here's a roundup of today's news.
Verb
rounded everyone up for one final training session
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Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
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Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
Trump has vowed to use the National Guard and other parts of the military to round up as many as 11 million foreign nationals, despite U.S. law that forbids the deployment of armed forces against civilians.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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—Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
Read about that and more in this week’s AI news roundup.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
But the United States has not attempted mass arrests of migrants since 1954, when border agents rounded up more than 1 million people living in Texas and California and forcibly transported them to Mexico.
—Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
Trump has vowed to use the National Guard and other parts of the military to round up as many as 11 million foreign nationals, despite U.S. law that forbids the deployment of armed forces against civilians.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Roundup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roundup. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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roundup
1 of 2 noun
round·up
ˈrau̇n-ˌdəp
1
: the gathering together of animals (as cows) on the range by riding around them and driving them in
2
: a gathering together of scattered persons or things
3
: summary entry 2
a roundup of the news
round up
2 of 2 verbˈrau̇n-ˈdəp
1
: to collect (as cattle) by circling and driving
2
: to gather in or bring together
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