racks up

verb

present tense third-person singular of rack up
1
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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2
as in wins
to obtain (as a goal) through effort racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory

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Recent Examples of racks up And hey, if this movie racks up the views, perhaps the next tale will make it to theaters, with bigger co-stars to boot. — Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026 As Pratt’s campaign racks up viral attention and climbs in visibility, some figures in Los Angeles’s entertainment and donor circles appear increasingly comfortable treating his candidacy like a legitimate political and cultural force. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 13 May 2026 Leon Thomas racks up nominations across the board. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025 If an individual racks up too many points in a certain timeframe, their license can be suspended. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 The team that racks up 13 points is declared the champion. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racks up
  1. scores
  2. wins
  3. achieves
  4. attains
  5. gains
  6. makes
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  • Each inning is worth a point to the team that scores more runs, and no new inning can begin after two hours.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Microsoft scores about 66, and CrowdStrike, at a similar revenue size, scores about 45.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
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  • But his may be that peculiar fate of an artist who wins so completely that their work can no longer surprise us.
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The discussion becomes less about whose idea wins and more about which solution best serves the goal.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of wins
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  • With the season’s final two episodes not provided to critics, there’s no way to say yet whether The Lowdown achieves that mythical outcome of all mystery seasons, the Finale That Pulls It All Together.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The mill achieves this hand feel through fiber selection and construction, rather than applied as a chemical treatment that wears off over time.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of achieves
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  • At the heart of Fee’s heroic narratives is the idea of a self that attains purity.
    — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
  • During its orbit, S301 attains speeds more than 100,000 times faster than a commercial airliner—over eight percent the speed of light.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of attains
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  • After winding through an aspen grove, the trail gains close to 3,000 feet of elevation to reach the springs.
    — The Aspen Times, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Starbucks' turnaround gains traction with consumers New consumer data offered encouraging evidence that the Starbucks turnaround is, indeed, taking hold.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of gains
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  • But that makes the philanthropic imperative towards the people who live there all the more urgent.
    — David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Some trips call for an outfit that feels a little more special than your usual jeans-and-sweater combination, and this matching set makes that easy.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026
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“Racks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racks%20up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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