NOTCHED (UP) Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

notched (up)

verb

past tense of notch (up)

as in achieved

to obtain (as a goal) through effort a stunning performance that notched up a second Academy Award for the actor

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Alpha has achieved several successful launches, but setbacks and failures have kept Firefly from establishing a routine launch cadence.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
OpenAI is open about the fact that the numbers are achieved under the best possible conditions and may be slightly different from the models available in the production ChatGPT product that most users can access.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

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The Big Ten has won the last three national titles via three different teams (Indiana, Michigan and Ohio State).

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
The United States won 94-61, with Caitlin Clark recording a double-double in her senior international debut with 14 points and 11 assists in 25 minutes off the bench.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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After the Philippines attained independence, in 1946, with the country’s economy constricted from more than three centuries of colonization, a diaspora spread around the world.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

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