racks up

present tense third-person singular of rack up
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as in scores
to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal

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Verb
  • Fans have complained that his awards wins and nominations have been far from commensurate with his level of popularity.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • If Harris wins, Stearns says a big reason will be that data – and her pollster.
    Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The material achieves this by reacting strongly with the battery electrodes and suppressing processes that generate hydrogen.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Beautifully Broken also achieves the third-largest week, by units, for any country album in 2024, following Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The weapon itself is secondary and is only really a tool that makes the sniper’s job easier.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • What makes a good sniper rifle?
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Racks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racks%20up. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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